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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you for the question. You are right; if we look at the biggest sectors that can provide contribution towards that net-zero pathway, it will be transport, and it will be housing and so on, but it'll also be agriculture, as we were discussing earlier on…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you very much. Not only with that Cabinet Secretary but with other Cabinet Secretaries as well, we are having those discussions. Even though the portfolios have been reconfigured, climate change remains in my title because we are still driving ahead on…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch, Luke. A just transition to net zero is central to the work of this Government and in the delivery of our current climate plans. We will ensure that workers and the communities of Wales reap the economic and social benefits in areas such as energy…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I do agree with that, in respect of where we have got some knotty elements. We have to take the time now to properly look at those and see how we resolve them, but also the timescale in which we resolve them as well, and how we do that together, and how we…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
When the First Minister and I met with the heads of the farming unions, and in subsequent discussions that we've had, we've stressed that we're not going to replicate what we've done already; what we want to do is set up a fairly timely process where we can…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you, Sam. We've done the big three issues, and I think we'll be coming back to them. But, just to say, my thanks to my predecessor in this role, Lesley Griffiths, because one of the things that she made clear is that not only have we adjusted currently…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Sam, I think there are two or three key areas within agriculture and farming that are going to be with us for the foreseeable future and that we have to resolve. The future of sustainable farming is one, bovine TB is another. What we do on river water quality…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you, Sam, and thanks for the welcome to the office. Listen, genuinely, my apologies for not giving you notice last week. There were circumstances around it, which I'm happy to discuss, but we'll make sure it doesn't happen again, and, even with unusual…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
It's a fact of my life. I can't play cricket either now as well because I can't look down the crease as I can't turn my head. But, anyway, it's a really helpful question. First of all, it's been 10 years in the making—10 years—and we've already actually put…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
James, thank you for that helpful supplementary question. And, Llywydd, just to point out to people, the reason I can't turn around that well is that, fit and healthy as I am, I can't turn my neck—[Interruption.] [Laughter.] But, just to explain, in case you…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you, Hefin, for that question. It's a real practical question as well, with a policy that is very well-intentioned and will deliver real results. It's how do we help those organisations, particularly not the big public sector organisations, but those…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you, Hefin. Yes. The regulations in question will increase recycling and reduce carbon emissions by keeping high-quality materials in use for as long as possible. This will reduce waste incinerated and landfilled whilst helping our economy and the…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I thank you for that supplementary question, because, in fact, the instance that I referred to in my first response was indeed Parc Slip, which is on our doorstep. Two local authorities involved with it; two local authorities who've had to, alongside, I have…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you, Sioned, and we are very aware of the concerns of residents that have been expressed and we've seen a lot of that in the public domain as well, and in fact, we've had correspondence as well, and we've seen Delyth raise it and I've seen the Member…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Coal tip safety falls under the portfolio of the Cabinet Secretary—my colleague—for Housing, Local Government and Planning. Nonetheless, the Welsh Government's coal tip safety programme, including its inspection and maintenance regime and a new disused coal…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you, Sioned, for the question.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with academics
Shall we do another hour?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with academics
What would you both tell Government Ministers now?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with academics
It just strikes me that you two know this area from different perspectives, but very intimately, and you engage with the sector as well, not just as academics, but thoroughly. You don't seem to me unduly pessimistic about the scenario we currently face as…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with academics
Which may bring us back to the CPD and the advice and so on. This is my final question, and, again, it's got a link to the UK CCC reports as well, which pointed out that the restoration of peatlands is significantly off track. And again, there's all sorts of…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with academics
Can I take you on—unless there's anything you want to add, but, by all means, add if you want to come in on this next question as well, then—can I take you on to the issue of hedgerows? There's been a lot of cross-party support, actually, in the Senedd for…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with academics
Just to take this one step further, sorry. Some of the ones that aren't yet fully grounded out and proven but are emerging as potential areas—. One of your suggestions is that there should be some sort of independent science panel. Now, I assume that part of…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with academics
But there are some that we know now.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with academics
Thank you. I want to turn to some specific climate measures, and we're going to look to both of you now to give us solutions that we can recommend to Government. So, one of the biggest controversies in recent weeks on this, but growing over the last few…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with academics
All the time, exactly.
