, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and coach net zero - briefing by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT)
Sadly, on the way in on the train today, I actually read the infrastructure commissioner's blog on the roads review coming out and his suggestion, some of which ties into this, and he describes a concept such as 'motornormativity', which was a new one to me…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
Maybe I could rephrase it: of what practical use is the establishment of a group that aims now at developing pathways for 2035 net zero?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
That’s a really considered answer, sequencing and technology in order to get to 2050. So, can I just ask you—? I’m loath to do this, but let me just ask you to speculate why you think the Minister has set up a group that will provide significant challenge to…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
Could I just ask, Lord Deben, how much of that is coloured by your long experience as an elected politician as well? How much of the feasibility of getting to net zero by 2035 is pragmatic politics? Because the challenge there to agriculture, to house…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
Thanks, Chair. Lord Deben, I referenced earlier on the establishment of the Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group and the reason I raised this earlier was because of this discussion about whether we're serious and whether it's achievable to hit it by 2050. And, of…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
Could I just follow up and ask do you anticipate that the Climate Change Commission will engage, as we go forward, with that group as well? If they were to invite you to engage, would you be willing to do it and to test some of their assumptions and…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
Thank you, Chair. Lord Deben, can I just open my remarks by thanking you for your independence over many years and the way you've been willing to speak out very robustly on these issues? Can I just ask you whether you take some reassurance from the fact that…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Free ports
It's only a brief point, because the differences I've been expressing today are not to do with one of the single bids, it's the disadvantages that case studies have shown over free ports and enterprise zones—that's actually in your amendment. So, you've not…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Free ports
Would you give way?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Free ports
Minister, thank you for giving way, because there's a danger that this debate can get polarised into you're either pro free ports entirely or against them entirely. But, actually, the pragmatic approach of working with the deck of cards that we are dealt and…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Free ports
Will the Minister give way on that point?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Free ports
Could I just point him back towards the pre-2020 Government, which invested £16 million in the north-east area coast? It didn’t require a free port—it was just investment, which then enabled Siemens to develop its capacity for offshore wind. It doesn’t need…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Free ports
Will you take an intervention?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Free ports
Will the Member give way?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Free ports
Thank you for giving way so early in your contribution. I just wanted to pick up on the issue of cross-party support. As you know, there are Members like myself, David Rees and others, who have spoken very much in favour of developing the potential of these…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. We all recognise the health and well-being benefits of getting out into the great outdoors, and walking is a great way to do that. But, we're not all going to head up Pen y Fan or Eryri, and nor should we have to. What if there was a…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
When we were there we visited in Llangynwyd the arts lesson that was going on, and what struck me with the new curriculum was that they were using that art session to develop issues around identity, around mental health, as well as actually teaching very good…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Minister, I hope you enjoyed your visit to our excellent schools in Ffaldau and Llangynwyd last week.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
In addition to the laudable target to achieve 70 per cent of Wales's electricity demand from renewable sources by 2030, of course by 2035 we're aiming for 100 per cent renewable generation. But we also have to find, and it's within your plans there, a…
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& 6. The general principles of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill
Will the Minister give way on that? I don't want to push this point but, curiously, actually, it's quite reassuring to hear the words on record and to hear the words in front of committees, but that, you recognise, is not quite the same as having on the face…
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& 6. The general principles of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. I'd like to open my contribution this afternoon by thanking the committee members and our clerking team, but also by emphasising that one of the key questions my committee considers is whether a Bill is fit for purpose as a piece of law. As a…
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Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I'm speaking in my capacity as Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee, although, if I have time at the end, I have just one other point to add, taking that hat off. Our committee laid our report on the draft…
, 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, we will go into private session to deal with correspondence and other matters we have in front of us this afternoon. So, under Standing Order 17.42, can I ask if Members are happy to exclude the public now for the remainder of the meeting? And…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
If you're happy to note that, we'll then go on to item 4, which are, indeed, papers to note. So, under this item, we have, first of all, item 4.1, correspondence from the First Minister in response to our letter of 21 December 2022 regarding the second…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
We move on, then, to item No. 3, having disposed of those two instruments. Item No. 3 is notifications and correspondence under the inter-institutional relations agreement, and, in this item, we have the correspondence from the Minister for Finance and Local…
