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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
The Welsh Government develops policies through a combination of scientific evidence, stakeholder engagement and practical land management experience. Programmes such as the sustainable farming scheme have been shaped through consultation with farmers, land…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Growing those kinds of enterprises is a cornerstone of much of the business activity and growth we want to see. As a Government, we'll be supporting food and drink businesses of various sizes, of various stages in maturity, so that they can grow and thrive…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Thank you very much for the question. I have commenced the work of ensuring that there is a kind of joined-up approach to developing a future national food strategy. My officials are establishing its scope and strategic approach. I am engaging key…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Can I thank the Member for raising this because I know that she has been a strong advocate of action around the Hafod landfill site for a long, long time? I recognise the work that she's done over many years, actually, and I also recognise the strength of…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Thanks for the question. Our policy, of course, is to phase out landfill by moving waste up the hierarchy through prevention, reuse and recycling, while ensuring that operational landfill sites are independently regulated to the highest environmental…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Thank you. Obviously, this was before my time, but I am aware that that had been identified as a critical issue. My understanding is that there are now agreements in place. The other issue as well, of course, which was highlighted to us in committee in a…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Yes, thank you for that. Clearly, I agree, as you will have gathered from my previous answer, that it is a big part of the answer for us when it comes to meeting the challenge of flooding. We've invested more than £5 million, actually, in 2026-27 to support…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
I can give you that assurance. We are serious about meeting the challenge that communities are facing head on. Of course, it isn't just about mixing concrete. As I was saying, and as I know you appreciate, there are nature-based solutions that we can utilise…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
We will deliver a dedicated flood forum for Wales to assist risk management authorities, emergency responders and communities across Wales to strengthen resilience, to improve preparedness and to support co-ordinated local action. Our flood programme will…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Thank you for that. It is a concern that's been highlighted. In my time as Chair of the climate change committee in the last Senedd, there were concerns. Whilst rightly, the need for clearing these tips is important, there are concerns about the extraction of…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Yes, thank you very much. So, as I said, the Cabinet Minister for Finance raised this issue with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 16 June. Now, joint Welsh Government and UK Government investment means more than £230 million has been committed to coal…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Yes, and I want to thank the Member for the work that she's done in seeking justice for these communities. There's a lot of work still to be done. This is a long-term challenge. The funding challenges are significant, and we will be urging, as I said, the UK…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Thank you very much for the question. We are of course committed to addressing the consequences of our industrial past and delivering justice for our coalfield communities here in Wales. The Cabinet Minister for Finance has raised this with the Chief…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Well, let's not forget that the Welsh Government brings a lot to the table here as well. So, the Welsh Government has to be represented in the organisation. And I believe that they are on the right trajectory now. So, I don't believe in changing the current…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Thanks for the question. I have met with the chief exec and the chair of Hybu Cig Cymru recently, and they know what my view is and what my aspiration is. I want a fully functioning, firing-on-all-cylinders Hybu Cig Cymru. I feel that under the new chief exec…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Thank you for the question. It gives me an opportunity, I think, to reiterate an important point here, which is, I think, the thrust of your question: whilst we are keen to reduce bureaucracy and red tape, that in no way takes us away from the importance of…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
I will be honest with the Member, I'm not fully versed on the work of those, so I'm grateful that she has flagged them. I can see from the passion in her question that she appreciates the contribution they make. I will take that away, I will look at it, and I…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
I also met the NSA last week, and I'm very aware of concerns that they've expressed more widely on disposal of sheep dip and all sorts of challenges. It does come down to animal welfare at the end of the day. It is something that we are looking at. Hopefully…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Well, there are about four questions there; I'll try and answer as many as I can. First of all, on that quip about left-wing ideology, your colleague two questions ago was asking me about heat in schools and the consequences of climate change and the need for…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Well, there's no agenda from this Government when it comes to driving down livestock numbers. I can give you that assurance. Agriculture is central to the strength of our rural economy, and it's absolutely critical to the resilience of our rural communities…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Thank you for that. You're absolutely right, there is a responsibility on all of us to consider the multifaceted impacts that this kind of large infrastructure has. The environmental one is one in particular. You may be aware, of course, that planning policy…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Well, as we know, current policy sets out a presumption in favour of the undergrounding of grid infrastructure. I have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues, as you can imagine, on many of these issues, and the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Diolch yn fawr. I couldn't agree more. Local ownership, local involvement in this work breeds empowerment, it ensures that people cherish and value the work that's happening, they're invested in it, they will look after it, and it will be achieved in a way…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
The short answer is that we need to move in that direction because, clearly, the UK Climate Change Committee in its recent report outlined that one of the biggest challenges now isn't keeping people warm, it's keeping people cool when the weather, as we have…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
I thank him again for that question. Oddly enough, it's something we've been discussing recently. I'm a big fan of increasing urban canopy cover through trees for many of the reasons that you've outlined in terms of providing that shelter and that shade…
