, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 2 - Transport
Is it an opportunity to—? I'll come to the others as well. Is it an opportunity to review how we're getting goods from farm to fork, or from producer to end user?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 2 - Transport
Thank you very much. I just want to understand, from your perspective, what you think the opportunities and the challenges are of bringing together land-use planning, climate change and environmental policy into the one climate change department.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 1 - Transport
Okay. I absolutely agree with you about the role of regional partnerships and that they've got to work together, but time isn't on our side, and I'm not seeing them actually getting their jackets off and getting on with it at this moment.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 1 - Transport
The experience of places like Nottingham and Manchester is that having a tram network, to support the bus network, will bring people onto public transport who will be nervous about using buses because they don't know what time they're going to arrive. The…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 1 - Transport
Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 1 - Transport
I do apologise—a technical crash. That's never happened to me before. I'm sorry I didn't hear your interesting answers, but the other question—I'll obviously read the transcript—was really what, Scott and Josh, you think about how we can address this problem…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 1 - Transport
Thank you, I've got it. All right. I've got two questions. First of all, Christine, in your paper you make very important points about the fact that 45 per cent of particulate emissions come from tyre and brake wear, so even if we clean up vehicles to move…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Universal Credit
Thank you very much. I was very grateful that all members of the Equality and Social Justice Committee supported the request for me to sign a joint letter to Thérèse Coffey as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which went from all the Chairs of the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I just want to go back to these ozone disinfecting machines, because I completely understand the rationale for using them in ambulances; these are very expensive pieces of capital equipment and are required to be used 24 hours a day, and ambulance operators…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
As this is our very first meeting, I'm proposing that, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of the meeting. Are Members content? Thank you. We will now move into private session.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, I have determined that the public are excluded from the committee's meeting in order to protect public health, and, in accordance with Standing Order 34.21, notice of this decision was included in the agenda of the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning, everyone. I'd like to welcome Members to the first meeting of the Equality and Social Justice Committee of the sixth Senedd.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. All right, thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Okay, we perhaps need to come back to this another time, but if the debt gearing of all these English privatised companies versus the not-for-profit of Dŵr Cymru—. If we can't reward good practice in Wales and not be lumbered with some of the costs of the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Fair enough.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. Because the National Infrastructure Commission report in April 2018 said that the water companies' water resource management plan showed little join-up between different companies despite the establishment of regional co-ordination groups. And it seems…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
My understanding is that this does not give you concurrent plus powers, so that, to some extent, Wales is in the hands of the Secretary of State on this one, who may well want to take a UK-wide approach, rather than enable us to ensure good practice in Wales…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. And just—. Sorry, Chair, did you want to—?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much. I want to look at the all-important and highly politically sensitive issue of water. Obviously, clause 79 is long overdue, to strengthen Ofwat's powers, in light of recent events. But I really want to probe whether the waste enforcement…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
That's great.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Okay, thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Because otherwise there's a risk that Wales could become the dumping ground for people who want to avoid the law in England. Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
What are the implications on the delivery of waste policy in Wales if the provisions of Part 3 were not taken forward in the Bill and how likely might that be in line with the collaboration you've enjoyed?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much. Minister, I just want to ask you about Part 3 in relation to the regulation-making powers granted to Welsh Ministers on waste and resource efficiency. I don't want to go into EPR and deposit return schemes because other colleagues are…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Llywydd. Today, I went to collect the boxes of fruit and vegetables in order to deliver them to the local foodbank that I have been delivering to for the last 18 months. I was unable to get anything because of the crisis of supplies that…
