, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport and Chief Whip
A warm welcome to our witnesses to this morning's session. Could you please introduce yourselves for the record?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Diolch, Carolyn. Thank you.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you, Heledd. Well—. Oh, and Carolyn.
, 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 and the first evidence session of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee. In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, I have determined that the public…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Afghanistan
Diolch, Llywydd. Thank you, Minister, for the statement. In the recent response you sent to a joint letter that was sent from me and the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee, you set out a number of details. Could you tell us more about the…
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Business Statement and Announcement
I'd like a Government statement, please, about the importance of respite for carers and day-care services for people with disabilities. This is an issue that I've raised many times over the past year, and there are lots of families in my region, principally…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Forgive me, Minister, I didn't—I wasn't very clear in my wording there. What I mean is in terms of how the scheme—. I appreciate what you were saying, but, in terms of how the scheme itself on a UK basis is going to be established, the only way of doing that…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Howard. I know that that isn't directly linked to what we were—. Well, it's linked but I know it's not directly a part of what we're talking about, but that's really useful to know, so thank you. Minister, I appreciate what you were saying about…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Minister. There are calls from various third sector bodies for there to be more clarity about the supply chains of different items, particularly items that contribute to deforestation, for that to be made clear on packaging. Do you anticipate that…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Minister, good morning. You have already referred in your opening remarks to the extended producer responsibility scheme, and that is one of the rationales that you have for using this legislation. Be that as it may, so that we've got it…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Trees and Timber
Thank you, Deputy Llywydd, and thank you, Minister, for the statement. I welcome the Government’s ambition in this area and I agree that trees are incredible. It's so important that Wales has a wood economy that safeguards trees, expands the numbers of…
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Business Statement and Announcement
I'd like a statement, please, about protecting people from air pollution. Residents in Cwmfelinfach are concerned about a waste treatment facility granted planning permission in Nine Mile Point industrial estate. An environmental permit was originally refused…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, we know that the rates of COVID are increasing again in our communities, and after 16 long months of lockdown, members of the public are understandably fatigued with the restrictions, but the new variants are incredibly transmissible, so how…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The road network
There is a touch of the Jekyll and Hyde about this motion, isn't there? On the one hand, I agree entirely with the points about air pollution, the need for more investment in public transport infrastructure, improving electric vehicle charge points and…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Small businesses and tourism
The point has already been made in this debate that when we think of the tourism industry, we tend to focus mainly on our coastlines, our mountains and our national parks. However, Wales is blessed with so many beautiful hidden places, perhaps; jewels that…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, in recent weeks, I've been made aware of the experiences of people on train journeys, where they don't feel safe because people weren't keeping to social distancing and nobody was being reminded to wear masks. My colleague in Westminster Hywel…
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Nominations for Committee Chairs
I'd like to nominate Peredur Owen Griffiths.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Departure from the European Union
What an ill-starred anniversary this is. I won't use my contribution today to rehearse the lies that were told during the 2016 referendum—they are a matter of public record—but I do take exception to the tone of the latter half of the Conservative motion with…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Roads review
Minister, modal shift is going to be so significantly important in all of this, so what role will areas like fast lanes for public transport and electric vehicles on future roads—how important a role will that play? And, with reference to your point on…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Roads review
Minister, thank you for your statement. We have an opportunity, after the pandemic, to build a nation that will benefit future generations, and investing in public transport, active travel and green infrastructure will be a crucial part of this. However, it…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, on 25 June, we will mark Go Green Day, and the focus of the campaign is on tropical deforestation. That might sound like something that's far away, but the planet, as I'm sure you are aware, loses an area of forest every year equivalent to nine…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, the British Red Cross has found that loneliness is one of the most significant impacts of COVID-19 restrictions. Worryingly, their research also found that 37 per cent of people in Wales wouldn't be confident in knowing where to go for mental…
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Debate: The UK Levelling-up and Shared Prosperity Funds
EU funding enriched the communities I represent. From town-centre developments to financing infrastructure projects, it created opportunities. When we left the EU, we were promised not a penny less by the UK Government, but, Llywydd, there is already…
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Questions to the First Minister
There is a street in my region, in Hafodyrynys, that's known as the most polluted street in Wales. The likelihood is that there are many other streets like that in Hafodyrynys but we don't know about the pollution because the monitoring isn't there. Now, the…
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Short Debate: The impact of climate change on mental health
Now, climate or eco anxiety isn’t yet a clinical diagnosis, but it is a recognised term that’s used to talk about negative emotions associated with the perception of climate change. This can manifest itself through panic attacks, insomnia and obsessive…
