21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 3 - Arbenigwyr annibynnol
Okay. Thank you. Alison.
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 3 - Arbenigwyr annibynnol
Thanks very much, Chair. Just one quick final question from me on the announcement of the new First Minister this week. He pledged to prioritise supporting the green economy in his manifesto, but what would the panel suggest should be his top investment…
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 3 - Arbenigwyr annibynnol
Okay. Thank you, Derek. Any of the panel want to add on that? No. Back to you, Chair. Thank you very much.
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 3 - Arbenigwyr annibynnol
Okay. Thank you. And staying with you, Derek, you've said that your team will focus on addressing cultural barriers to change, such as, and I'm quoting, 'outdated concepts of economic growth at any cost.' I'm just wondering how you propose to undertake this…
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 3 - Arbenigwyr annibynnol
Okay. Thank you. Derek, anything on those points? Otherwise, I've got a specific question for you in your capacity as future generations commissioner.
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 3 - Arbenigwyr annibynnol
Okay. Helpful. Alison, anything to add?
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 3 - Arbenigwyr annibynnol
Okay, thanks. Jack, anything to add on those two points?
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 3 - Arbenigwyr annibynnol
Are you sure?
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 3 - Arbenigwyr annibynnol
Okay. Helpful.
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 3 - Arbenigwyr annibynnol
In terms of planning and consenting being a barrier, what suggestions would you give to the Welsh Government to alleviate that?
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 3 - Arbenigwyr annibynnol
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Good afternoon, panel, and thanks for joining us. Ned, sticking with you, if I may, what would you say are the greatest barriers Wales faces in transitioning to a green economy and how do you think these should be addressed?
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad i Fanc Datblygu Cymru: Panel 4 - Persbectif byd-eang
Thank you, Karen, that's really helpful. Thank you, Chair.
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad i Fanc Datblygu Cymru: Panel 4 - Persbectif byd-eang
Thank you. Just one final question, more broadly, given that development banks across the world, and here in Wales with the Development Bank of Wales—. I was just wondering whether BDC has learnt or taken or adopted anything that it has seen from other…
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad i Fanc Datblygu Cymru: Panel 4 - Persbectif byd-eang
Okay, thank you. What do you see the benefits being to both BDC and the complainant of the approach that you've just set out there in handling complaints?
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad i Fanc Datblygu Cymru: Panel 4 - Persbectif byd-eang
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Good morning to you, Karen; thank you very much for joining us here in Wales, albeit digitally. Thank you very much for that. I'm going to ask a couple of questions around complaints and handling of complaints, if that's okay. I'd be…
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 2 - Modelau perchnogaeth amgen
Okay. Thank you.
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 2 - Modelau perchnogaeth amgen
Yes, no problem. So, you've said that social enterprise has faced barriers to decarbonisation, such as time, a lack of staff resource, and that the locations of some social enterprises present issues. I'm just wondering what Cwmpas would suggest needs to be…
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 2 - Modelau perchnogaeth amgen
Okay. Thank you. Sarah, anything to add on that point?
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 2 - Modelau perchnogaeth amgen
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I've got two questions—one each—but feel free to jump in off the back of either's answers to these. But firstly, to Benedict if I may: you've said that increased start-up finance, particularly grant finance, would help community energy…
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 1 - Busnes ac ynni adnewyddadwy
Thank you, Ben. Thank you, Chair.
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 1 - Busnes ac ynni adnewyddadwy
Jess mentioned the Erebus project. The previous First Minister, Mark Drakeford, mentioned in the Chamber around projects being able to help the consenting with the data that they gather themselves. Is that touching on what you just mentioned there as an…
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 1 - Busnes ac ynni adnewyddadwy
And just one further question quickly—
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 1 - Busnes ac ynni adnewyddadwy
Ben, coming to you and Net Zero Industry Wales, and touching on what Jess has mentioned there with regard to planning and consenting being a barrier to developing the green economy—and, again, Jess mentioned the underresourcing of not just the Welsh…
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 1 - Busnes ac ynni adnewyddadwy
Thanks, Jess. Felix, you wanted to come back on that point.
21 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ymchwiliad: Yr Economi Werdd - Panel 1 - Busnes ac ynni adnewyddadwy
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Thank you, panel, for joining us this morning. Jess, if I could focus my first question to you, if that's okay, as RenewableUK Cymru, you've said that Wales is being left behind on renewable energy when compared to other parts of the UK, as…
