, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
That's lovely. Thank you very much. So, with those reporting points, are we happy to agree the report? We are. Thank you very much.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, we will move ahead to item No. 3. Under item No. 3, we only have one item as well, and this is an instrument that raises issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. We have one made affirmative resolution instrument and it's…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, with that, we'll go straight to item No. 2. It may be a fairly short meeting in public this afternoon—we'll see how it'll go. Item No. 2 is instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3, and we only have one. It is a made…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this hybrid meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. Just to remind you, the meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the Record of Proceedings will be published as normal. Apart from the procedural adaptations for…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone. Welcome to this meeting.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
It's why we were never overrun, Llyr. [Laughter.]
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
We are difficult in Wales. [Laughter.]
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Thanks. That's a really optimistic scenario of, 'The right things are in place, it's going to happen, the competition is going to arrive.' Is it just, then, that potential innovators within this marketplace have just been slow to look west? Why is England so—?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
So, should this committee be taking an interest in the step forward that is, undoubtedly, that big house builders are considering putting the infrastructure in? But we've seen it in other areas, Chair, where there is then a monopolistic position, saying, 'You…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Just one small follow-up. That's quite interesting that Persimmon's been receiving some praise for that. It's good to hear. Are there any worries over new house buyers being tied in?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Okay, thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Yes. And sorry, Delyth, if you were going to ask this, but I was very taken by that cryptic comment there, that BT's calculations may not have been appropriate or whatever. Sorry, I'm not putting words into your mouth. Can you expand on that a little bit?…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
So, you'd be able to share some of that information with us?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
I'm just wondering, Chair, whether you're able to share with the committee after the meeting today any geographic analysis of that rise in level of intensity of engagement, that proactive engagement that could show us where that's happening and how it relates…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Lovely. Happy days.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Right to the premises.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Could I just define the terms here? When we say roll-out of full fibre to 1 per cent, that sounds absolutely brilliant. Are we talking about full fibre as in fibre to box or fibre to premises? Can we just be clear?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
It's actually on that point. I don't think I'll be untypical amongst Members of the Senedd or Members of Parliament or even local councillors who, when they're approached by people who say, 'We can't get the same broadband speed as somebody down the road'…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Diolch, Cadeirydd. If anybody had said to us, this far into the roll-out of broadband and hyperconnectivity or whatever that we'd still have the situation where Ofcom estimates that 15,000 or 1 per cent of premises cannot get a decent broadband service, a 10…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay, that's a valid point. I don't know if others have comments on this, but the barrier-busting taskforce is designed to remove those technological, engineering and other barriers there, so the consumer voice, I get what you're saying, needs to be in there…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 1
Thank you for that. One that I want to ask you is in relation to the so-called barrier-busting taskforce, which UK Government signalled back in 2017. The NIC suggested that we needed a real drive on this in Wales as well. But we struggled to find much in the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 1
Can I just ask whether I'm making a very naive assumption that the figures that you mentioned earlier on about the grant support available in Wales, but also the larger sum of money available, would probably have been calculated based on estimated contractor…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank the First Minister very much. Can I take this opportunity to thank the members of that review group, who've done sterling work over the last couple of months, looking at not only the successes and the remarkable undoubted achievements over the last 10…
