, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Diolch, James. Adam, you wanted to come in on this point.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Thanks a lot. Thank you, Adam. Next to James.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Thank you. Adam, let's come to you, and then I'll go to James. Adam.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Well, one of those areas—Adam, I'll bring you in in a moment—that we were hopeful of seeing progress on, based on the optimism originally, some time back, of Mick Antoniw, Counsel General, was on the establishment, not simply of the sub-committees and the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. Alun.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Okay. Well, thank you for that. And I don't want to dwell on this, and I know that those discussions will continue between Governments, but, in the wider context of inter-ministerial and inter-governmental relations, it's quite an interesting topical issue…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Okay. Well, thank you for that opening summary of where you believe relationships are at the moment. And I think, from a committee perspective, all of us have been very focused on trying to see where these inter-governmental relations can be improved and…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
And we’re going to come straight to the first substantial item of today’s agenda, which is item No. 2, the scrutiny session with the First Minister. First Minister, it’s very good to have you with us; really delighted to have you here on some important areas…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this afternoon’s meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. Just as a reminder, this meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. We’re operating in a hybrid format…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone. Welcome to this committee meeting.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Indeed, could I suggest, Dirprwy Lywydd, that the Member actually reads my very carefully phrased use of the term 'impostor'?
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
They are now dying in a populist ditch to halt a policy designed to stop people dying or being injured on our roads.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Clearly, not the same people, but just by coincidence the same names.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr iawn. By commending those Conservatives who in the past decided to lead on this and join the cross-party and cross-society coalition of support for this evidence-based policy to improve people's lives, save lives and…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
So, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Bridgend have both produced their maps with a number of exemptions on those 30 mph roads. [Interruption.] Dirprwy Lywydd, I've given way twice now. Let me go underneath all of this. There is a policy that is designed to save life and…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
It's not a blanket.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Dirprwy Lywydd, that was a minute-long intervention. When the going got tough, the tough got going in the other direction—they ran. In different times, under different leadership, they may have followed the evidence and taken the right decisions to save lives…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Of course it was.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
I will in a moment, but let me get under way first of all, because I'm going to mention you in a moment. We all remember the smiling photographs, as, one after the other, the Conservative Members of the Senedd queued up for that photo opportunity upstairs and…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Dirprwy Lywydd, I hadn't intended to speak in this debate, but having been named in it, and having had an intervention refused, I'll have a go; I'll do my best. Let's face facts: the Conservatives have shamelessly u-turned on their previous support for a 20…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Indeed. Dirprwy Lywydd, I'm struggling to see how this is a debate when the Member's refusing to take interventions. She has now named me in the debate, but still refuses to take an intervention. Could I just check—? [Interruption.] Could I just ask you…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
That's great, thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Brilliant. Steve, finally, you're going to be supportive of that as well, I'm guessing.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
That's really helpful. I'll bring Sara in now as well, but I wonder if anybody—Sara or anybody else—would like to come back on that issue of what is nationally significant, the issue of the threshold, and the proposal that future energy generation projects…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
I could see your colleagues were nodding there, so I won't necessarily come to both of you unless you stick your electronic hand up now and say desperately you need to say something. I'm assuming you'd apply the same to hydrogen. Generally speaking, in our…
