, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Berwyn.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Berwyn.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Oliver, did you want to add anything to this?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Thanks for that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Thank you for that. Before I go back to see whether Oliver wants to contribute, Hefin wants to ask a question.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Does anyone else want to go? Berwyn. Can we unmute Berwyn, please? Great.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
I'll go to Amanda first.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Anyone who wants to go first, if you want to raise your hand.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Who would like to go first?
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Thank you to you all for being with us this morning. We'll move straight to questions, if that's okay, and we'll go first to Heledd Fychan.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Thank you for that. And I'll ask Berwyn to introduce himself.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Diolch, Oliver. Thank you. I'll ask Amanda to introduce herself, please, for the record.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Yes.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
If you could introduce yourself, please, for the record.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
We'll move on to item 2. This is our first item on Wales-Ireland relations and we're looking forward very much to starting this work. Our first session is with representatives from higher education and business. I'll ask the witnesses to introduce themselves…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you for noting that. Are there any other declarations of interest? I see that there are not.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. I'd like to welcome Members to this meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee. Are there any declarations of interest? Heledd.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Diolch, Gweinidog. There is a lot to welcome in this statement, and this is a really important day. I really would welcome this from the Government. I will go on to say a little bit more about how urgently necessary this is, but I would firstly press the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Yes, the public sector specifically on this.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Diolch. Finally from me, at present public sector emissions reporting is voluntary, it isn't mandatory. In the context of what we've been talking about already this morning and this afternoon, and the fact that we have a climate emergency that's been…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Thank you, that detail is really important. Did someone else want to come in there?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
No, don't apologise—this is useful.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
That's really helpful, Tony, thank you—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Thank you, Craig. And in terms of, as you say, the difficulties of comparing what's happening in hospitals with what's happening in other areas of the public sector, and in terms of being able to analyse that yourselves, or, again, in terms of helping the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Good afternoon, everyone. In order for us to know how much of a hill we've got to climb here, obviously, we need to have an accurate picture of how bad the situation is with emissions. Can you tell us, please, in terms of how emissions are…
