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Sesiwn Graffu Gyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Y Gweinidog Materion Gwledig a Gogledd Cymru, a'r Trefnydd
Okay. Sorry, I cut across you then.
6 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sesiwn Graffu Gyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Y Gweinidog Materion Gwledig a Gogledd Cymru, a'r Trefnydd
Those three points that you just mentioned then, are they all CCC recommendations?
6 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sesiwn Graffu Gyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Y Gweinidog Materion Gwledig a Gogledd Cymru, a'r Trefnydd
The CCC recommend 5 per cent. So, why the jump from 5 per cent to 10 per cent?
6 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sesiwn Graffu Gyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Y Gweinidog Materion Gwledig a Gogledd Cymru, a'r Trefnydd
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Good morning, Minister. Good morning, witnesses. Where does the 10 per cent tree cover target come from?
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Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. I'm an honorary member of the British Veterinary Association.
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Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol 2
Yes, okay. Thank you.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol 2
Thank you. We're pushed for time, so—
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol 2
Okay, thank you. Has it come back to you, Dean?
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol 2
Don't worry, Dean. No problem. Have a think, and I'll pop over to Vera and ask her, and then if it comes back to you, Dean, we'll come back to you. Vera.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol 2
Thank you. And then in terms of if EAF steel making does come to Port Talbot, the skills required by the workforce—are they skills that are easily transferable from what is at the Tata site in the workforce at the moment over to EAF, or is there development…
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol 2
Thank you very much. Vera, anything to add there?
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol 2
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Thank you both for joining us today. Dean, just continuing your train of thought there with regard to skills. Obviously, the Celtic free port has been announced for the Port Talbot and Haven waterway area. Are there opportunities there? Are…
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Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol
Okay. Thank you, panel. Thank you, Chair.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol
Okay, thank you. Dr Richardson-Barlow.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol
Okay. Thank you. Professor Worsley, you've been very patient. Thank you.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol
Okay. Just before—I can see you jumping to come in, Professor Worsley, but just sticking with Ben on this point—Baglan bay's natural gas connection and that opportunity: is there an opportunity there in supporting DRI in Port Talbot with that gas connection?
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol
And you mentioned there, then—sorry, panel, I'll come back if anybody wants to jump in—the DRI, the direct reduced iron plant that Port Talbot potentially could be looking to invest in and construct. Is that a necessity, do you think, to satisfy steel making…
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Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol
So, if we're looking to satisfy the high-quality outcomes in terms of material, then we're reliant on a supply chain of high-quality scrap steel.
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Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol
Does that come back, then, to the supply chain issue in terms of that—?
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol
Interesting. Any other points from the panel on supply chains for scrap? No. Thank you. So, in terms of quality, then, and the quality of steel being used, Tata has said that more work is required around ensuring that it can make the products at the quality…
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol
Well, sticking on that scrap metal theme, then, I know that British Steel is proposing to adopt a similar approach in Scunthorpe and Teeside. How likely is it that Tata could source the amount of scrap that is necessary to satisfy their plans?
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Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol
Okay. Thank you, Ben. Professor Worsley.
29 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol
Okay, thank you. And, Ben, you've made it quite clear today that it's not an environmental decision per se, it's an economic decision. Is that your analysis around this transition question as well?
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Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol
Thank you. Staying with yourself, then, if you don't mind: what might be the potential environmental impacts of taking the approach that—keeping a blast furnace open and an EAF?
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Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Panel arbenigol
—when looking at Tata in Port Talbot.
