, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
COVID-19 recovery and winter pressures on public services
Thank you, Chair. I want to start with public transport, if I may, and trains particularly. You may be aware that a number of us are regular users of trains, particularly if we travel from north Wales to Cardiff. But it's becoming increasingly frustrating, as…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
COVID-19 recovery and winter pressures on public services
Thank you, Chair. There's one thing that you need to clear up for us today, First Minister—this confusion about the walk-ins for the boosters. Your Minister said that there would be no walk-ins, but that there would be groups that would be prioritised. But…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: The Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill
Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer, and I thank the Minister for her statement. Just to pick up on some of the previous comments on a finance Bill or an annual budget Bill, I still feel as I did when I chaired the Finance Committee in the previous…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for your answer, First Minister. I have to say, there are serious concerns being expressed to me that the service is unable to cope with the volume of demand. The sense among nursing professionals is that the service is being overrun, with patients…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
7. Will the First Minister make a statement on the future of the 111 service in north Wales? OQ57392
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Okay, we'll move into private session, therefore. 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, okay, no opposition, so…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
We move on, therefore, to the next item, namely to note some papers—item 6—and there are a number of papers that we need to note, so we'll go through them. Paper 6.1 is a letter from me to the Minister and then paper 6.8 is the response from the Minister on…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
There we go. I thank them very much for that.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Thank you. That could add another 20 minutes to our meeting, but it's a very important point. I'm glad you made it at the end, and it may be that we come back to you with a few questions, maybe, just to explore that a bit further. I think all of your…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Thank you. And Richard.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
It is indeed. Yes, absolutely. Okay. Well, we've got a couple of minutes left, so I was just going to ask one final question, and we've touched on this, maybe, in different ways. But, just looking for feedback, really, in terms of recent engagement from Welsh…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Sue.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Ideal. Okay, that's a good place to conclude that little passage of discussions. Okay, we come to Huw, then. We've got just over five minutes left, so I'm presuming we're nearing our last question, really, or last group of questions.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Fine. What I would say is that the question for me is not how many there are, or what they do, but how they come together and where's the coherence across the sector. We've had a parallel discussion in relation to food. We have foods strategies that are…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
I think Sue wanted to come in. Sue.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
But, Jenny, it is something that we can pursue with—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Maybe not. No, okay. No.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Maybe we need to ask that to those who are sat on the public services boards, in fairness.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
If you've managed to draw it, then please share it with the rest of us, Jenny. Clare, you want to come on this.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Okay, thank you, Clare. Right, we'll move on now, then, to Jenny.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Yes. I'm sure, Sean, that's possible. Yes, okay. Thank you. I'm just mindful we've got about 14 minutes left and two other areas we wish to cover, but, Clare, do you want to say something briefly?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Yes, thank you, Sue. Data has certainly been peppering our evidence sessions, to say the least, all day today. Thank you for that.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Yes. Okay, thanks, Sean. Certainly, those figures give us a sense of scale and potential. Sue, did you want to come in?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Okay. We are struggling again with the—
