, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
7. How is the Welsh Government working to deliver an approach to afforestation that works with and for local communities? OQ61288
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
Cabinet Secretary, it's been five months now since the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales published its final report, and it's been more than three months since the Welsh Government published its response to the commission's report…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
8. How is the Welsh Government implementing the recommendations of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales? OQ61268
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme
Diolch yn fawr iawn.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme
I'm looking forward to the analysis as well, because it will have to be more qualitative than quantitative, and that is always more complex. This is my final question, if I may, Cadeirydd. Again, one of the criticisms of the consultation paper was that it…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Just to finish my line of questioning around the payment methodology, you alluded to the fact that the income forgone and costs incurred methodology was maybe a little too narrow, which was the initial proposal in the SFS, and I welcome…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme
Okay. Thank you. A final question on this particular topic. One of the things that concerned farmers a great deal during the consultation was that, if they were expected to reach targets in terms of tree planting or biodiversity, there should be some kind of…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme
May I just follow on from that point? The year's delay, of course, means that you can assess and plan in a more considered way, but also we're losing a year of opportunities, perhaps, for farmers to deliver on some environmental schemes. So, is there funding…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial scrutiny - Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Just very, very quickly. I'm just interested in the question that Sam asked about the role of the technical advisory group. They are eminent people and they will look at the science. They will be driven by the evidence that science provides. Now, this is an…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial scrutiny - Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay. Diolch. Sorry.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial scrutiny - Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Yes. My apologies, Chair. Just going back to agricultural pollution, I had in mind to ask you, when you were talking about appointing a chair for this group that would review the regulations, when are we expecting an announcement on the chair and the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial scrutiny - Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial scrutiny - Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch. I suppose I should declare an interest because, in my previous role as a designated member, I worked closely with Huw's predecessor, and very briefly with Huw, on two aspects of this report, which are agricultural pollution, and I'm hoping to achieve…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green Economy inquiry - Panel 8 - Trade Unions
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green Economy inquiry - Panel 8 - Trade Unions
My last question is particularly to Prospect: last year, you published a report on delivering good clean energy jobs. How could the Welsh Government contribute to achieving the five goals you set out in that report?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green Economy inquiry - Panel 8 - Trade Unions
Diolch. Jane, do you have anything to add?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green Economy inquiry - Panel 8 - Trade Unions
Thank you. The next question is in Welsh. In order to make that shift towards additional greener jobs, what could the Welsh Government do as part of that process to meet fair work commitments?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green Economy inquiry - Panel 8 - Trade Unions
You mentioned the coal-mining communities earlier on. I grew up in a coal-mining community and I experienced the devastating effect that that had on my community, because there was no just transition. It's taken years, generations, for that community to…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green Economy inquiry - Panel 8 - Trade Unions
It's okay.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green Economy inquiry - Panel 8 - Trade Unions
We have heard a great deal already about a just transition, and that, of course, is going to have an impact on companies and communities in different ways, in terms of that transition to net zero. So, what specifically do you think that the Welsh Government…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green Economy inquiry - Panel 8 - Trade Unions
Diolch yn fawr iawn. I'm going to be asking my question in Welsh, so you'll need your headsets.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green Economy inquiry - Panel 7 - Case Study 2 - Pembrokeshire
Okay. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green Economy inquiry - Panel 7 - Case Study 2 - Pembrokeshire
Anything to add, Wendy?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green Economy inquiry - Panel 7 - Case Study 2 - Pembrokeshire
Okay. You've said many times this morning about the importance of getting people skilled to take advantage of these huge opportunities that will come on board. But also companies, we are told, and local businesses need to know in advance about the pipeline of…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green Economy inquiry - Panel 7 - Case Study 2 - Pembrokeshire
Okay. Wendy, any views on that?
