9 December 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
A warm welcome to you all to this meeting of the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee at the Senedd. I welcome the Members. Could I explain, as I do at the outset of every meeting, that the meeting is bilingual, and that simultaneous…
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Mental health services
The culture of resistance to scrutiny, to change and challenge led, of course, to Betsi's hierarchy refusing to release this report, despite, even, the requests of the information commissioner. Grieving relatives had to wait unnecessarily due to a bureaucracy…
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Mental health services
Thank you for the opportunity to once again discuss this issue. We've had a number of opportunities over recent weeks and months, and indeed recent years, to discuss the scandal of the Hergest unit and the scandal of not publishing the Holden report in full…
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you for that response. I'm a very regular user of train services. In my 10 years here in the Senedd, I've driven down some twice a year. I use the train almost without exception, but I have used the train three times in the last three weeks. Three weeks…
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
5. What assessment has the Minister made of the quality of rail services in Wales? OQ57338
7 December 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Reforming Council Tax in Wales
In order to assess the real implications of a land value tax, we need more data, of course. That's become clear in some of the work undertaken by the Bangor University report. The first recommendation in that report was to go about gathering the necessary…
7 December 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Reforming Council Tax in Wales
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Look, we have it in our power in this Chamber to radically reform what is one of the most regressive taxes that we have, actually. It's a legacy of the Thatcher era. It's grossly unfair, because it levies almost four times as much as a…
7 December 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Programme for Government—Update.
The Tories are clearly pretty exercised by the co-operation agreement, and I wonder what the First Minister's assessment is of why that may be. Because we all remember, as you referred to, the Tory £1 billion bung—is it that we've shown the proper way of…
7 December 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Programme for Government—Update.
I didn't understand that there was a time limit.
7 December 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Programme for Government—Update.
I asked whether the First Minister agreed with me.
7 December 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Programme for Government—Update.
Thank you, First Minister, for the statement. I welcome this expanded and reformed programme of government to reflect those areas where Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Government have been able to find that common ground where we can collaborate. And, of course…
30 November 2021 , Plenary
, 10., 11., 12., 13., 14., 15., 16. & 17. The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021; The Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Public Authorities subject to the Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystems Duty) Regulations 2021; The Equality Act 2010 (Authorities subject to a duty regarding Socio-economic Inequalities) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021; The Welsh Language Standards (No. 1) Regulations 2015 (Amendment) Regulations 2021; The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Meaning of Public Body) (Wales) Regulations 2021; The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (Meaning of Public Body) (Wales) Regulations 2021; The Corporate Joint Committees (Amendment of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015) Regulations 2021; The Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (Amendment to the List of Welsh Authorities) Regulations 2021; The Child Poverty Strategy (Corporate Joint Committees) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Well, thank you very much, Llywydd. It's clear that Plaid Cymru has arrived, because the Conservatives spend more time discussing the Plaid Cymru manifesto and policies than they discuss their own policies, and again that underlines, I think, how increasingly…
30 November 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, we'll look forward very much to hearing that date. The tragedy is that we've lost years to all intents and purposes. We've been talking about a deposit-return scheme for Wales for almost a decade, and we're still talking about such a scheme for Wales…
30 November 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
1. When does the First Minister expect Wales to have an operational deposit-return scheme? OQ57293
25 November 2021 , 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
So, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix), I propose that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of today's meeting. Are Members content with that? I see that everyone is content. Great. Thank you very much. We'll wait a…
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to Note
Yes, okay. There are a number of valid issues, including that, that have been raised as areas of potential work for this committee. Members will know that we're actually having a strategic session this afternoon to discuss potential forward work programmes…
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to Note
Yes, that's no problem at all. Thank you, Joyce. Janet.
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to Note
Absolutely, and you'll be aware that we are having a one-day session on marine issues, which will include looking at the bottom trawling issue, which is where, I think, we go next on that, and then subsequent from that, hopefully, we'll be able to move on…
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to Note
We'll move on, therefore, to the third item, which is papers to note. You'll see that there are six papers to note in the pack. I'll ask us to note them together, unless anybody wants to draw attention to any specific issues. I'll just note, with regard to…
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Thank you.
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
—thank you very much, Minister, for your attendance this morning.
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
We'd certainly be interested in taking you up on that offer, so thank you for that. And given that we are at the end of our allocated time, can I thank you for your attendance, along with your officials? There are a few follow-up notes, I think, that you've…
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
The same answer the other way round as well, then. Okay, thank you. There we are, but we look forward to that scrutiny session, certainly. Okay, the last word to Joyce, then.
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Thank you for that clarity. Okay, thank you. Right. I think there are two other areas of questioning that we wish to cover, so I'll come to Janet first to cover one of them, and then we'll conclude with Joyce afterwards. So, Janet next.
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Thank you. Jenny very briefly, then.
