, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with local authorities and Natural Resources Wales
Well, I was just going to make the point, given that the two bodies we have in front of us—the local authorities and NRW—would be integral to, obviously, land management decisions, with coming up with plans to manage these common areas along with the…
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with the Fire Brigades Union
Okay, fine. Fair enough.
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with the Fire Brigades Union
Yes, I agree with you about keeping members safe—that's vital—but what we're trying to do is trying to stop the fires in the first place rather than put them out. And there is evidence, as I understand it, of copycat-type events.
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with the Fire Brigades Union
An area we haven't touched—and I appreciate that this may not be your level of expertise as such—is social media and the copycat type of crime, which is the best way to describe it, that we see constantly. Have you a view on the rules and regulations around…
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with the Fire Brigades Union
No, it's a new point.
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with the Fire Brigades Union
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with the Fire Brigades Union
So, as things stand, there isn't a Welsh wildfire plan that the three fire services work to that has national standards in a Welsh context. Because, again, the UK Government could set national contexts, but it'd be for the Welsh Government to either agree to…
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with the Fire Brigades Union
Well, on PPE provision, on drone provision, on training provision. Because, as I said, the information that your own union has put out there has indicated that certain services across the country have invested and have 100 per cent compliance with the kit…
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with the Fire Brigades Union
But, just drilling down into the three Welsh fire services, given that your FOIs indicate quite clearly that some fire services in England have a good record when it comes to investing in wildfire support to their service, are you aware of the status of those…
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with the Fire Brigades Union
Yes. Just going back to the fire service's own FOIs on this information, again highlighting this discrepancy between local fire services, I'd be keen to try and drill down into the Welsh side of it because, obviously, we're a parliamentary committee here in…
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with the Fire Brigades Union
Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with the Fire Brigades Union
I appreciate that this is a supplementary, but you raised training. In the same FOIs, you indicate that some fire services—Cheshire, for example—only has 8.6 employees trained, yet Durham, Kent, East Sussex have 100 per cent. So, again, on that scale, local…
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with the Fire Brigades Union
You say that austerity is the problem, but you, as a union, did an FOI recently with the Country Land and Business Association, and it indicated, if I take the use of drones, for example, that Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service had 29 drones…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister, for that answer. Numbers do make a difference when it comes to general practitioner practices. Over the last 15 years, there's been a drop in GP numbers of some 20 per cent, from 1,845 to under 1,500 GPs now available within the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
4. What assessment has the First Minister made of the adequacy of staffing levels in NHS Wales? OQ64794
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay, fine.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
It didn't hit its original targets because it changed halfway through because of budgetary pressures.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
There were a lot of words there, but what I just want to know is: did it hit its target? Yes or no?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Did Welsh Government 2025 hit its targets in delivering, I think the wording was, a fit-for-purpose organisation for a post-pandemic, post-EU-exit world, supporting Ministers more effectively in delivering for people and communities in Wales within an…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay. Dr Goodall, Welsh Government 2025 and here we are in 2026. For our millions of viewers, they might ask why we're looking back to 2025. When you brought the plan forward in 2022-23, it was about making the Welsh Government fit for purpose after COVID…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
But you need to know what your staff are capable of, do you not? If you haven't got that information held centrally, trying to mix the two up and join them in a coherent way is difficult, isn't it?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Just on that one point, you just said that you're working on an alignment plan, or something, in your long-term workforce strategy. Earlier, you said that you don't have central data for those members of staff who are on a staff improvement plan. So, how can…
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Findings of the statutory review of the Control of Agricultural Pollution Regulations - scene setting session
Thank you, Chair. Going back to the start, where you touched on proportionality versus the overall implementation of a national policy, I think that's critical to the whole policy here, because on Paul's point about small family farms, proportionally, they…
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Findings of the statutory review of the Control of Agricultural Pollution Regulations - scene setting session
So, there should be greater understanding of the individual businesses rather than an onus on the geographical location.
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Findings of the statutory review of the Control of Agricultural Pollution Regulations - scene setting session
I think that's really important, proportionality, in the whole debate. Because with the national coverage, there is no proportionality, everyone has to meet the same level. Now, selfishly, if I look at the area I represent, Bridgend and the Vale of Glamorgan…
