, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Well, it's just that people need to hear that, as well, you know.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you. Okay, great.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Can I just ask—? What came across, quite often, from the farmers was that it's not just about planting trees, it's about managing the wildflower meadows, carbon peatland restoration and the other things that they're doing as well. So, is that what you're…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
It would be nice to have that list, though, because there were so many different organisations, just so we know, if we can.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay, so there are wider consultees. Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I'm always interested to know who they are.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Can you e-mail them to us?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
But what organisations? Can we have a list of what organisations?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, I'd like you to include that as well.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you. And we talk often about carbon sequestration, but we've lost 97 per cent of our wildflower meadows, okay? We've got some ancient wildflower meadows left, but we also need to have regard for—.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Regarding the industrialisation of the sea, I just want to say, regarding carbon capture and storage, storing offshore and possible acidification of the sea, this is of huge concern to me and environmentalists, yet it's been pushed forward by industry, by…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
You talked there about focusing on certain elements. Local nature partnerships have been doing a lot of great work, working with local authorities, NGOs and volunteers creating local places for nature, managing verges and amenity grasslands as well. I hope…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Please can you tell them to put doors on the chillers, on the fridges, rather than just—you know, impulsive purchasing, as well to save the energy? Thank you. I'll just put that there in quick.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Local authorities would welcome this, and also the costs of fines and the cost of taking somebody to court needs to be looked at as well, if possible. Just the last one, really, is food waste. So, again, a lot of food waste is still going into bins. We've got…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I think that would be welcomed by local authorities because, if we're clamping down on recycling, and those authorities to get to that target might have to move to four-weekly collections if they've not, they're concerned about the extra bags that get left by…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
And I guess—. So, if there's a barcode on it, they've scanned that when they bought it. Mind you, they might not then know who it belongs to.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Can I just add—? So, you're looking at DRS. So, I think DRS for on-the-go, but I know it's going to be difficult to put these sorts of collecting receptacles into stores. But I think, for the on-the-go waste, if it's there, you know, where people can take…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Can I just come in on that, on your DRS? A lot of it ended up back on the kerbside. What I'm really concerned about is two things: on-the-go waste, which you see piled up in the public bins, and it's that litter that's an issue, when people have bought while…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I welcome the targeted funding to help, because I think targeted funding, as well as policy, will help, especially when you've been struggling. I know some of the guys and they walk 12 to 13 miles a day collecting recycling—it's a tough job—and if you have a…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay. Regarding air pollution, the biggest issue is idling cars in traffic. We passed the Bill, didn't we, so what are we doing regarding publicity on this and enforcing it, or trying to do something about it?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Can I just ask a little question?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, will local authorities still have to provide urban tree strategies, where they calculate where the trees are, where they're going to plant—?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
[Inaudible.]—said. Will local authorities still have to produce tree strategies?
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Investment in the education and training of healthcare professionals 2024-25
I welcome the investment in north Wales at Wrexham University, the training already of allied health professionals, nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists and others. We have got the nursing bursary, unlike in England, and we're also paying social care workers…
