Welsh Conservatives

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

2,761 speeches and questions

21 November 2023Plenary
Group 9: Stationary idling offence: fixed penalty (Amendments 65, 69)
Diolch, Llywydd. So, As the Llywydd has mentioned, amendments 65 and 69 reverse the changes made by the Bill to fixed-penalty notices issued in respect of stationary idling offences. I do not doubt that fines for idling can scare people to stop undertaking…
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 8: Trunk road charging schemes (Amendments 63, 80, 64, 72, 68)
I move.
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 8: Trunk road charging schemes (Amendments 63, 80, 64, 72, 68)
I move.
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 8: Trunk road charging schemes (Amendments 63, 80, 64, 72, 68)
Diolch, Llywydd. I'm always the first to listen and acknowledge if I've said or done anything I shouldn't have done, and I have to say, in looking back on my contribution, 'a war on motorists', at this particular time, are probably not the best words. So, I'd…
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 8: Trunk road charging schemes (Amendments 63, 80, 64, 72, 68)
Diolch, Llywydd. We were doing so well there. [Laughter.] All of the amendments in my name under this section relate to the same point of principle: I, we as the Welsh Conservative group, do not believe that Welsh Ministers' road-charging powers should be…
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 7: Regulation of smoke and fuel in smoke control areas (Amendments 62, 71, 81, 82)
I move.
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 7: Regulation of smoke and fuel in smoke control areas (Amendments 62, 71, 81, 82)
I move.
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 7: Regulation of smoke and fuel in smoke control areas (Amendments 62, 71, 81, 82)
Diolch, Llywydd, and diolch to the Minister. As Huw Irranca-Davies has said, I believe that legislation is better for the inclusion of work that we've put together in terms of amendments, and some legislation is made better with a cross-party approach. I'd…
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 7: Regulation of smoke and fuel in smoke control areas (Amendments 62, 71, 81, 82)
Diolch, Llywydd. Amendment 62 would require Welsh Ministers through regulations to provide a list of exempt fireplaces. Having a list brought forward through regulations and discussed here in the Senedd does help us to scrutinise the Welsh Government…
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 6: Action plans in relation to air quality management areas (Amendments 60, 61)
Moved.
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 6: Action plans in relation to air quality management areas (Amendments 60, 61)
Thank you, Minister.
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 6: Action plans in relation to air quality management areas (Amendments 60, 61)
Diolch. My amendment 60 requires local authorities, when in an air quality management area, to publish an action plan within 12 months. Amendment 61 would also require Welsh Ministers to publish their decision in relation to a local authority's action plan…
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 5: Requirement to consult on national air quality and soundscapes strategies (Amendments 83, 84)
As we've heard, the amendments do add Transport for Wales as a named consultee. I consider the inclusion of the public to be broad enough to allow anyone in Wales to respond, including Transport for Wales. By naming TfW only, though, there is a fundamental…
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 4: Promoting active travel as a way of reducing or limiting air pollution (Amendments 86, 87)
We will be supporting the amendments in the name of Huw Irranca-Davies today. It is right that active travel is promoted as a way of reducing or limiting air pollution. Whilst we have the active travel Act, we've seen that the Bill alone sadly has not done…
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 2: Reporting, reviewing and monitoring in relation to air quality targets (Amendments 48, 50, 54, 29, 32, 57, 59)
I move.
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 2: Reporting, reviewing and monitoring in relation to air quality targets (Amendments 48, 50, 54, 29, 32, 57, 59)
I move.
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 2: Reporting, reviewing and monitoring in relation to air quality targets (Amendments 48, 50, 54, 29, 32, 57, 59)
I move.
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 2: Reporting, reviewing and monitoring in relation to air quality targets (Amendments 48, 50, 54, 29, 32, 57, 59)
Yes.
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 2: Reporting, reviewing and monitoring in relation to air quality targets (Amendments 48, 50, 54, 29, 32, 57, 59)
Okay. Diolch. I'm very grateful for little mercies, but I would particularly like to thank the Minister and the Deputy Minister for working with us on some aspects of what we're trying to bring forward tonight. I believe this is a very important piece of…
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 2: Reporting, reviewing and monitoring in relation to air quality targets (Amendments 48, 50, 54, 29, 32, 57, 59)
Diolch, Llywydd. If this Senedd is to treat air quality seriously, it does need to set challenging targets and ones that force the machinery of Government to move more quickly, and this amendment 48 does exactly that. In Stage 2, I tabled an amendment that…
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 1: Requirement to set air quality targets (Amendments 37, 73, 1, 74, 75, 76, 3, 4, 38, 5, 6, 39, 7, 8, 40, 9, 10, 41, 11, 12, 42, 13, 14, 43, 77, 78, 44, 45, 15, 16, 17, 18, 46, 19, 20, 47, 21, 22, 49, 23, 24, 51, 25, 26, 52, 27, 28, 53, 30, 31, 55, 33, 34, 56, 35, 36, 58, 79)
I move.
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 1: Requirement to set air quality targets (Amendments 37, 73, 1, 74, 75, 76, 3, 4, 38, 5, 6, 39, 7, 8, 40, 9, 10, 41, 11, 12, 42, 13, 14, 43, 77, 78, 44, 45, 15, 16, 17, 18, 46, 19, 20, 47, 21, 22, 49, 23, 24, 51, 25, 26, 52, 27, 28, 53, 30, 31, 55, 33, 34, 56, 35, 36, 58, 79)
I move.
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 1: Requirement to set air quality targets (Amendments 37, 73, 1, 74, 75, 76, 3, 4, 38, 5, 6, 39, 7, 8, 40, 9, 10, 41, 11, 12, 42, 13, 14, 43, 77, 78, 44, 45, 15, 16, 17, 18, 46, 19, 20, 47, 21, 22, 49, 23, 24, 51, 25, 26, 52, 27, 28, 53, 30, 31, 55, 33, 34, 56, 35, 36, 58, 79)
Move.
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 1: Requirement to set air quality targets (Amendments 37, 73, 1, 74, 75, 76, 3, 4, 38, 5, 6, 39, 7, 8, 40, 9, 10, 41, 11, 12, 42, 13, 14, 43, 77, 78, 44, 45, 15, 16, 17, 18, 46, 19, 20, 47, 21, 22, 49, 23, 24, 51, 25, 26, 52, 27, 28, 53, 30, 31, 55, 33, 34, 56, 35, 36, 58, 79)
I'd like to thank Delyth Jewell and Rhys ab Owen, and I think the three of us have made some really salient points. We want this Bill to go through, but we believe that it has to do exactly what we want it to do. It is so far behind; now is the time to…
21 November 2023Plenary
Group 1: Requirement to set air quality targets (Amendments 37, 73, 1, 74, 75, 76, 3, 4, 38, 5, 6, 39, 7, 8, 40, 9, 10, 41, 11, 12, 42, 13, 14, 43, 77, 78, 44, 45, 15, 16, 17, 18, 46, 19, 20, 47, 21, 22, 49, 23, 24, 51, 25, 26, 52, 27, 28, 53, 30, 31, 55, 33, 34, 56, 35, 36, 58, 79)
Diolch, Llywydd. So, I would first like to place on record my thanks to Mostyn Jones, my researcher; Molly Skates, our group researcher; and also Daniel and the Deputy Minister Lee Waters MS for their work on this important legislation and for taking on board…