, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Chair. Just taking that very point on board, before we move ahead to policy statements, you've recently been through a baseline analysis with NRW and so on to ensure more, fuller cost recovery of a range of services that they provide, and so on…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. I'm going to go away and look it up.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
And just one other really short question. Do we currently have a hydrogen policy statement?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
That's a helpful clarification.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
But just to extend that into a different area, one of the things you mentioned in response to the Chair about flooding is there'd be very few flooding schemes that would fall within this. However, there might be ones that are so complex and raise such issues…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Chair. Whenever we consider a piece of legislation like this, we're thinking about what would a future government do with the powers that this gives, particularly when there are flexibilities within this as well. At the moment, the policy…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Yes, sorry, Chair, and I definitely don't want to divert us into planning policy or whatever, but you mentioned something there that was quite significant, that you were looking at this issue of making a speedier transition with aspects of planning law so…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Chair, just one final comment that you might want to come back to, when you prefaced your remarks by saying that this is another area of complexity and so on, are you confident that what will come through as a result of this Bill and the implementation of it…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Right.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
That's helpful. I think that you have made it clear that getting that balance right between the ability to engage and consult with communities who would be affected, but also not inhibiting the ability to facilitate infrastructure development, is what you're…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
It sounds as though the time hasn't been wasted, even though—as you said, Minister—it would have been good to have got here earlier. The discussions have continued, and you flagged, Minister, that this Bill is designing in the flexibility, which is an…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
As it is five years ago, let's move on, then, to subsequent discussions that you and your team have had, resources allowing. Because we understand from the explanatory memorandum that organisations such as Natural Resources Wales, Planning and Environment…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Good morning, Minister. I want to turn to the issue of consultation. One of the fascinating things with this—. In response to the Chair now you've already said that the ideal time for doing this may have been some years back. Here we are…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: National Health Service
On the decade of underinvestment?
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: National Health Service
I think I'm going to agree with many points in the contribution you're making today. But I just want to flag up as well that today there's been an interesting letter that's been sent to the leaders of the political parties in the UK, and to Rishi Sunak as…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: National Health Service
Would you give way?
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Like all Members here—and I agree with every word that Sarah Murphy and others have said about this—this was a complete shock. But we've gone through the full range of emotions of shock, of blind anger, I have to say, as well, because we were kept in the dark…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Vulnerable older home owners living in homes unfit for human habitation
Thank you very much, Mabon, for giving me a minute of your time here today. I've spoken about the work of Care & Repair in this Chamber many times before, and I'm glad to do so again today in relation to Bridgend County care and repair. They received over…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
I totally agree, Minister, with the need for real joined-up government with the UK Government; they need to be a willing partner to work with us to drive increases in productivity. But you've actually visited several of the companies in the region, including…
, Plenary
Stage 4 of The Agriculture (Wales) Bill
As any Bill progresses through, Ministers should be pulled every which way but when. They should be under demands from one side and another to try and modify the Bill. I just want to give you credit, Minister, that faced with quite divergent views on what the…
, Plenary
The Equality Act 2010 (Relevant Welsh Authorities) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Our report on the regulations contains three technical reporting points and two merits points. I’m very grateful to the Minister for his response to each of those points, which we were able to consider at our meeting yesterday afternoon. Our first technical…
, Plenary
The Equality Act 2010 (Relevant Welsh Authorities) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Thank you, Llywydd. We considered these regulations on 19 June, and our report and the Welsh Government’s subsequent response is available from today’s agenda to inform Members in this afternoon’s debate.
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: The Legislative Programme
Can I echo in my opening remarks the comments there on Senedd reform by the leader of Plaid Cymru and by the First Minister? It falls to us to make this the Parliament, the Senedd Cymru that is fit not only for now, but for the future and for serving the…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Could I ask for two statements, please? One would be good to have as an oral statement, the other as a written statement, possibly. The oral statement I'd like follows on from a visit I made last week to Maesteg fire station as part of national Public Service…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
That brings us to the close of the public business today, but we've got lots to get on with in private. So, under Standing Order 17.42, could I ask, colleagues, if you're happy to exclude the public now for the remainder of the meeting? We are, and we move…
