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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. Wales was once known for its babbling brooks, fresh, clean air and sweeping green pastures. It was a tranquil land filled with those of us who cherished and protected its idyllic environment. Now, however, the rivers are filled with sewage, the air…
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Questions to the First Minister
5. What is the Welsh Government doing to tackle environmental pollution? OQ61263
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Federation of Small Businesses
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Federation of Small Businesses
Thank you. How is phase 2 of the single-use plastic ban being communicated to businesses?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Federation of Small Businesses
My feedback, as somebody who's got an office in my role as an MS, is that we've had to have all these different bins now. For instance, there's one for food waste in my little office here. Well, we don't have any food waste other than tea bags. So we have to…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Federation of Small Businesses
What advice and support is being provided to small businesses by local authorities?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Federation of Small Businesses
Diolch, Chair, and prynhawn da, Llŷr. So, to what extent do you believe businesses are being supported to become more resource efficient, and do you believe the Welsh Government is doing enough to support those businesses with advice as well?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
Thank you. What are your views on introducing legislation to ensure that separated key recyclables are banned from energy recovery or landfill?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
Funny you should mention nappies, when speaking to headteachers in my constituency, there's a growing alarm at the number of children around five or six years old still in nappies, and, of course, the more nappies that are worn in later years, there are more…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
How is the waste management industry adapting to the changing profile of the materials process, due to regulatory requirements, and also is the waste management industry itself being given the adequate time to prepare for the effect of regulatory change, and…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with local government representatives
What more needs to be done to ensure a just transition to a truly circular economy?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with local government representatives
Thank you. To what extent are local authorities prioritising the use of sustainable low-carbon materials in construction and following a sustainable materials procurement hierarchy?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with local government representatives
Good morning. Is Wales on track to meet the 2025 targets set out in 'Beyond Recycling', and what are the main challenges for local authorities in meeting statutory recycling targets?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
So, we really do need to address this and teach children, but, I've got to be honest, I'm shocked when I see adults' behaviour in the way that they just discard litter.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Yes. This is for Keep Wales Tidy now. What has been your involvement in the development of a Welsh Government litter prevention plan for Wales? What do you hope to see in the plan? Do you have any insight as to when this might be published? And again, I have…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
And a final point, if I can—and I'm sure you'd support me on this, Chair—is a shout-out to Crest recycling, which is based here in Llandudno Junction. They do phenomenal work in terms of repairing, reusing, and they help people into employment. Their model…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
I suppose, for me, I'm quite interested in the repair side of things, because too often, if a vacuum or an iron breaks, people just throw them away, and in the olden days—I'm giving my age away—you would just simply repair it, if it needed a fuse or…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Thank you, Chair. To what extent is reuse and repair being prioritised? What more needs to be done to promote and support reuse and repair, including community and national initiatives, and, of course, the infrastructure investment?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
And then to WRAP, how are you developing a methodology to analyse and estimate food waste levels, and when might this be available?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Thank you, Chair. When I was growing up, there wasn't food waste—you ate everything on your plate, and that was it. What is your understanding of the progress made against the 2025 food waste target of a 50 per cent reduction in avoidable food waste? What…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Economic policy
—is using its levers, its powers and its funding to unleash economic growth. We've seen the Wrexham and Flintshire investment zone, Anglesey free port, Wylfa Newydd, prosperity fund, levelling-up funding. I'm afraid, anybody watching this, vote Labour on 4…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Economic policy
Thank you. Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm not sure myself what happened there. Well, I've heard some interesting comments and contributions here today, but I have to praise Sam Kurtz and Mark Isherwood for very factually and correctly pointing out just how bad…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you, Minister. The reason I raise this is, at the start of the twenty-first century schools model, it's fair to say, under Kirsty Williams, that we managed to get a brand-new school. And it's fantastic to have one in your own constituency—a brand-new…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
2. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on funding for school refurbishment in Aberconwy? OQ61227
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport: D-day and Armed Forces Week
I would just like to say how lovely the tributes have been here for the D-day commemoration. I took part in three events. I went to Conwy, the Mulberry stone, and then I went to Llandudno cenotaph, and I also went to the bandstand in the evening of Thursday…
