, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion: The Cyber Security and Resilience (Network Information Systems) Bill
I'm very grateful for the committee's scrutiny, as I said. I have very limited time, and so I think that what I will undertake to do is to give a full response, setting out the rationale as to a number of issues that were raised and why we do think, in this…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion: The Cyber Security and Resilience (Network Information Systems) Bill
More from me, I'm afraid. It's a pleasure for me to rise to my feet to move the motion in my name, I believe, or in the name of the Government. The motion recommends that the Senedd consents to the relevant provisions in the Cyber Security and Resilience…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Update on the National Energy Strategy
I'm grateful to the Member for her question. The Welsh Government, as I've said many times, is committed to delivering its manifesto pledge on electricity distribution infrastructure at 132 kV and below. I've put that on the record many times. I will have…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Update on the National Energy Strategy
As I said earlier, the motivation for the shift to a holistic target hopefully is one that the Member would be in sympathy with. Because it was a perverse situation where we weren't actually recognising the fact that we could hit the target because it was…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Update on the National Energy Strategy
As I said in my earlier remarks, I think we have to recognise the fact that many of the levers and tools are not in our hands. That's not what we want, and we want to have more of those energy powers in our hands so that we can make a bigger difference to the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Update on the National Energy Strategy
I very much concur with the points made by the Member. Building on my earlier remarks, I think what we need to do in order to leverage that potential competitive advantage that we have in Wales, because of the renewable energy sources, both existing and…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Update on the National Energy Strategy
I'm grateful to the Member for her comments. I would say that we're absolutely in agreement about the central importance of affordability, and I've mentioned that at several points during my opening remarks. I think that we have to start from a position of…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Update on the National Energy Strategy
I'm very grateful to the Member for her questions. In relation to the shift in the target, the previous target by the previous administration was based around 100 per cent of the—a notional figure for Welsh consumption coming from renewable sources. The…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Update on the National Energy Strategy
I'm grateful to the Member for his questions. I think that he focused much of them on the proposal to create a single Welsh public energy company. That wasn't the main focus of my statement today, but I have to disagree with him, based on the evidence that…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Update on the National Energy Strategy
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'd like to give an update to Members on the Government’s work on developing a national energy strategy for Wales. Energy is fundamental to modern life. The transition to a low-carbon energy system is central to our…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Transport: Strategic Priorities for the Menai Strait Crossings and M4 around Newport
Come on, this is a serious statement. All the people are watching this. Please, come on.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The defence sector
Thanks. Well, I answered all of those questions in the oral statement I made last week. We said that we would publish the framework in the autumn—[Interruption.] I did. It's being developed, as I said just last week, by the Welsh Government in engagement with…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The defence sector
Yes.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The defence sector
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I welcome the opportunity to respond to this motion, because it gives me an opportunity once again, following the oral statement I made last week, to place on the record what's at the heart of this Government's view, namely that…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The defence sector
Formally, Llywydd.
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Topical Questions
I met with Valero recently in Pembroke to have a wide-ranging discussion with them. They are an important employer in that region, and, indeed, through the supply chain, to Wales as a whole. They are one of only four remaining refineries across the UK, and…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
I'm grateful to the Member for his question. We are certainly very aware of the pressures in relation to the haulage sector and, as I said, we are engaging with the sector to make sure that we can support in the way that we can, but also that we can, in our…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
I'm grateful to the Member for raising this very important issue, which, as I said earlier, has been an issue, sadly, since the beginning of the year, has at various times worsened, and we are going through a period of great concern, particularly in relation…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
The escalation of the middle east conflict in early 2026 continues to impact on households and businesses in Wales. While the issue of fuel pricing is non-devolved, we are working closely with the UK Government and our various delivery bodies to provide…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Yes, I think the Member makes a very, very important point, that these companies are such significant employers, of course, that they employ constituents right across the wider south Wales region. Certainly, once we are able to understand more of what the…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you to the Member for his question. Yes, Admiral have said, in their reported comments in this case, that these changes, these workforce reductions, are not AI related. They relate to other factors. I'm not aware that Legal and General either have made…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Yes, certainly. We hold right at the forefront of our minds the very difficult position that many employees and families will be in at the moment, and we will be doing everything that we can to support them in every way possible. And once we have a clearer…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you to the Member. I'm meeting with Admiral UK Insurance's chief executive officer tomorrow and I'll be meeting with senior representatives of Legal & General, and we've also reached out to arrange meetings with the unions and workforce representatives…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
It's disappointing to hear that Admiral and Legal & General are making redundancies that could impact the Welsh workforce, and today's announcement in relation to Greggs and its plans to shut factories and the proposals that may also impact manufacturing…
, Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy
Yes, separation of powers, and all that. [Laughter.]
