, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 3
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 3
Thank you, Huub. My final question, Chair, just to go back a little bit: is there anything you want to add, or John or Karema, on the issue of evidence gaps in terms of the offshore environment, and that would include offshore floating wind as well? What are…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 3
Thanks, Chair. And Huub, I wonder if I could just ask you: in terms of marine energy, how do you see the Crown Estate playing a role in enabling us this to go ahead, and let me just ask this: I love seeing the Crown Estate, because you're a bit like MI5—and I…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 3
Sorry, Llyr.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 3
Well, I think one thing we'd welcome as a committee—both in terms of this inquiry, but our wider focus on the marine environment—is more of the detail you've just been talking about, and the sharing of that science. That's really fascinating, and, in some…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 3
Okay. Well, maybe, Huub, if I can put that same question to you: where do you think we are with the science? Obviously, in the very establishment of this new initiative from last year including Welsh Government, that shows that we've got more to do. What's…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 3
Just tell me, then, John, before I come to Huub with the same question, do you think we've dealt with one of the main cross-cutting barriers, which is the willingness of operators in the marine environment, from the Crown Estate to developers, to fisheries…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 3
Yes, please. Huub, if you don't mind, I'll come back to you in a moment, because I want to pick up on some of the issues you raised, but if I can go to our colleague from the JNCC first of all, and ask you—. Before I turn to the work that Huub talked about…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 2
That's fine, no problem.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 2
Chair, do you want me to ask about local authority capacity?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 2
Okay. Well, I think we'd love to hear more about that, but perhaps in writing, with some detail of what that means for Wales.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 2
They're not fully worked up yet within Wales, are they? We're still scoping out where they'll be, how they're developed?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 2
Thanks, Chair. I'll try and do this really quickly and skip over the areas we've done already there. Can I just ask you for your view on the contribution of what we now know as constraint management zones? They're a feature of every electricity provider in…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. Look, my apologies if I'm being absolutely dense here, and that's not beyond the realms of possibility, but I've heard all this stuff before. We've been through this before—better engagement, better community engagement, lining up all the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 2
Yes, thank you, Chair, and it is directly related to this point. You touched on the fact that, over the years, one of the major constraints on enhancing, strengthening the grid capacity through mid Wales, and mid Wales to west Wales, has been local…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
That's great, Chair, and I think I can help because a couple of the areas have already been touched on there. But, just to say, I'd really welcome any further written correspondence to the committee, Chair, on the issues of how we can look at not simply the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair. Chair, if you'll excuse me, I have a couple of points on this, because I think it's a really important issue. I'll declare that, in the 20 years that I've been an MP, my constituency in Ogmore has been one of the—well, it depends which way…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Sorry, Chair, it's not specifically to do with the grid point, but it's a point that Rob mentioned. I'm happy to delay it and come back in a moment if you want to.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Thanks.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair. It's only a brief supplementary because I know we'll be going into a lot of detail further into this session. But one of the things we don't talk as much about nowadays is the issue of energy security, curiously, and the role that renewables…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Making Saint David's Day a bank holiday
Thank you for giving way, and I associate myself with the remarks you made in your opening remarks as well, as I'm sure we all do. Would he be interested to know that on 1 March 2016, a Bill was presented on the floor of Parliament by Mark Williams, who was…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Making Saint David's Day a bank holiday
Will the Minister give way?
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Subsidy Control Bill
Our first report expressed our concerns with the Bill. We consider that the subsidy control proposals could have—and we say this in our report—a pernicious impact on devolution and the exercise of devolved functions, particularly in ways that could limit the…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Subsidy Control Bill
Thank you, Llywydd. We have published two reports on the memorandum laid by the Welsh Government on the Subsidy Control Bill, the first in December and the second last week.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
In which case, that brings us now to the motion under item No. 9: under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting, so we can continue our business in private. Are we happy to move into private, colleagues? We are…
