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3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
But does it sufficiently—
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
One-word answers are fine, but I'm sure you'll want to add.
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Yes, okay. Thanks, Will. And Rhys.
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Yes, okay. And Will wants to come in.
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Who wants to go first on this one? Rob, your paper was pretty happy, seemingly, with the deep dive and the work that will come from that.
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Thank you, Delyth. We'll move on to Janet now, then.
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay. Rob wanted to come in as well, I think.
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Rhys.
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Rob.
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay, fine. Right, we will move on. I don't expect you all to answer every question—obviously, there'll be some that are more relevant to others—but, clearly, if you wish to come in, then I'm more than happy to allow you to do that. But we'll move on now to…
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay. Thank you, all. Before we come on to specifics, or some of the specifics that have already been mentioned, I'm just wondering whether you believe that the Welsh Government has a sufficient understanding of Wales's renewable energy potential compared…
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay. And finally on this, Will.
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
I think Rob wanted to come in as well.
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay. Diolch, Rhys. Huw.
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Yes, it goes without saying, I'm sure. Okay. Thanks, Rob. Rhys.
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay, thank you, and we will be pursuing a number of those themes in greater detail later on. Rob and Rhys, do you want to add anything?
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
So, we'll move on, therefore, to start the work of looking at renewable energy generation in Wales—this is the first evidence session. We are having a series of evidence sessions today with a number of stakeholders who will inform our work over the next…
3 March 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Good morning, all. Welcome to the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee at the Senedd. Welcome to Members also, of course, to the meeting. May I explain at the beginning that this is a bilingual meeting? There is simultaneous translation…
2 March 2022Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Alun Davies (Blaenau Gwent)—The impact of storm overflows
I just want to contribute to this debate as Chair of the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee, just to take the opportunity to inform the Senedd of the committee's recent work in this area. The frequency of sewage spills and their impact…
17 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting
So, I propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix) that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of the meeting. Are Members content with that? Yes, everybody's content. So, we'll move into private session and wait a few…
17 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
So, are we happy then to note the rest of the papers as well, yes? There we are. Okay. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Okay, so that concludes the public part of our meeting. I now propose that we move into private session.
17 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
Yes. Thank you for flagging that up, Janet. It's something I have responded to in letter form, just explaining that these are issues that we will be looking at as part of our committee work around infrastructure. It's certainly something that concerns us all…
17 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
Okay, so the next item on our agenda is to note a number of papers. You will see them—agenda items 3.1 through to 3.9. I intend to take them collectively, unless any Members wish to draw my attention to any particular one. Janet. Oh, Janet has disappeared.
17 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
There we are. Okay. Well, thank you. I think we've covered a lot of ground there, actually, much of which has been more reassuring than maybe I expected. But, as has been said a few times, the proof is in the pudding, really, isn't it. There we are. Are there…
17 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. That's pretty clear. Thank you again. And Huw, then, I think. We're nearing the end of our questioning, I think.