21 January 2025 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion: The Water (Special Measures) Bill
I must apologise to Members here for me getting up on my feet once again, but I beg to move that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 29.6, agrees that provisions in the Water (Special Measures) Bill, insofar as they fall within the legislative…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025
Only to say that the free allocation of these allowances is the main policy instrument through which carbon leakage risk is mitigated in the UK, so if nobody else standing to speak means that these are going to go through with the support of the Siambr, I am…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I’m pleased to be able to bring forward the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025, which makes amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020, and I move the motion. The UK emissions…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Water interruption in Conwy
Yes, thank you, and that's a really helpful question. As I've mentioned before in response, it went up from just over 3,500 customers at the start of this event, to, when the phone lines were open to say, 'Please register if you also think you are…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Water interruption in Conwy
Darren, thank you very much, and, just to say two very brief things: one is, if you have got really specific examples, raise them directly with Dŵr Cymru. Thank you for the conversation, because I went back and said, ‘Look, we’ve got some concerns that an…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Water interruption in Conwy
Thank you, Carolyn. On that specific point, it's a lesson of storm Darragh as well in a very different context. Dŵr Cymru, of interest to the Chamber, had, at the start of this incident, roughly speaking, 3,500 people within the affected area who were on…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Water interruption in Conwy
Llyr, thank you very much, and I welcome the oversight of this and also of wider matters to do with the water industry that the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee can do under your stewardship. That is very welcome. I've said already…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Water interruption in Conwy
Dirprwy Lywydd, what I'll try and do is speak to the Chamber, rather than to Janet directly, and to the constituents out there who were affected. This escalated from 8,000 at the initial assessment of who were affected very rapidly to 30,000, and at the…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Water interruption in Conwy
Janet, you're shaking your head. I'm telling you to your face that the strategic response group was in place from the start of this incident. What changed, Janet, if you will just listen rather than shake your head and contradict me, is that initially—
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Water interruption in Conwy
Well, that I deeply regret in a closing comment, and I think I could see the way that was heading all the way through it. And it is disappointing, because I did point out in my opening remarks my thanks to those colleagues on the ground who were able to…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Water interruption in Conwy
In response to the scale of the challenge that we face, we have jointly established, with the UK Government, an independent commission, chaired by Sir Jon Cunliffe, to undertake a wide-ranging review of the sector. I look forward to Sir Jon’s recommendations…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Water interruption in Conwy
On 17 January, bottled water stations were opened in Dolgarrog and Colwyn Bay, and later on in Conwy and Llandudno for members of the public. These have remained open until today. Supplies were also dropped at key locations in more remote communities, and as…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Water interruption in Conwy
The Welsh Government incident response was stood up on Wednesday 15 January to support Dŵr Cymru and the multi-agency north Wales strategic co-ordination group, led by north Wales fire and rescue. The response structure remained in place until today, and…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Water interruption in Conwy
Thank you, Llywydd. On Wednesday 15 January, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water notified the Welsh Government of a mains water pipe burst near the Bryn Cowlyd water treatment works, Dolgarrog, Conwy. This was a substantial burst, presenting a complex fix in a very…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Growing the Timber Industry in Wales: Jobs and Green Growth
Thank you, Carolyn, for that question. It's good to hear about the work going on with the Denbighshire nurseries as well. We need lots of this work going on in all parts of Wales, and this consultation goes from the beginning of the nursery side, through the…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Growing the Timber Industry in Wales: Jobs and Green Growth
Llyr, thank you very much indeed. Let me touch on the tree planting rates in response to you, first of all. The tree planting targets that are recommended by the Climate Change Committee were very challenging, but we're committed to working with them to…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Growing the Timber Industry in Wales: Jobs and Green Growth
Sam, thank you very much for that. Can I welcome what I think was your welcome for the consultation on the strategy? In fact, many of your questions anticipate not only the points that are made within the strategy but also the bringing forward of the strategy…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Growing the Timber Industry in Wales: Jobs and Green Growth
Our forests should be in active, sustainable and diverse use, providing economic, environmental, social and cultural benefits to the people of Wales for many centuries to come. Thank you very much, Llywydd.
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Growing the Timber Industry in Wales: Jobs and Green Growth
Growing the forestry sector will offer a wide range of green jobs in Wales. It'll help us build more sustainable housing and it will boost our progress towards decarbonisation. Managing forests sustainably for timber production is a prime example of green and…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Growing the Timber Industry in Wales: Jobs and Green Growth
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I'm delighted to address Members ahead of our consultation on proposals for Wales’s first timber industrial strategy.
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Restoring nature in Wales
Joyce, thank you so much, and my congratulations to those at Ysgol y Bedol. And I have to say, to all those schools now right across Wales, the massive impact that Eco-Schools—it's Wales leading again—has made in this area. Children are coming out of schools…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Restoring nature in Wales
John, I entirely agree with you. It was a delightful visit, and I can honestly say it is the first time—. Is it today or is it tomorrow? Is it the twenty-second today? It's tomorrow. I'm 62 tomorrow, and that was the first time I had ever seen a starling…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Restoring nature in Wales
Absolutely, Julie, and thanks for championing this in your own area in these many initiatives we're now seeing. This is the exciting part of this, because it is not somebody coming in from outside to say, 'This is what you do'. It's the community themselves…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Restoring nature in Wales
Thank you so much for that question. And by the way, agreeing on the 10 per cent habitat as part of the SFS was not a difficult ask. The farmers really wanted to come with us on this, and this is great, so I’m really excited by that and the collaborative…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Restoring nature in Wales
Thank you very much, Mike. On pollution—to keep it very short—there's a range of things we can do on this. It's the pesticides we use, and the work that we're doing to reduce the pesticides, not only in terms of agriculture, but also in terms of the way we…
