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Updates to previous petitions
—available for Members, rather than off-the-cuff. Let's have a think about what we can do.
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Updates to previous petitions
Thanks for that, Joel. Perhaps the suggestion that should be made is we will consider what we can do and bring it forward to the next meeting—
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Updates to previous petitions
We certainly can note those comments, wish them well in their meeting and every success with the meeting with the Deputy Minister. You're right; one of the ways of airing frustrations, or certainly raising awareness of their campaign, is to start a petition…
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Updates to previous petitions
Okay, diolch, Buffy. Luke Fletcher.
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Updates to previous petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Rhys. Do Members agree? They do. Okay. Item 4.4, P-06-1275, 'Call on the Government to reconsider its decision to withdraw from the Llanbedr bypass scheme'. This was submitted by Annwen Hughes with 2,704 signatures. To note, we have received…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Luke. I can see Members fully agree with that. Certainly, again, a successful petition, so congratulations and well done to Jake Rayson for his work on that issue. Item 4.3, P-06-1272, 'Ban the use of "no pet clauses" in tenancy agreements in…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Joel. I can see Members are content with that and agree. We'll write back to the Minister to seek that further clarification. As you say, I think this is a petition that means a lot to everyone across Wales. Item 4.2, P-06-1190, 'Ban the use of…
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Updates to previous petitions
Item 4: updates to previous petitions. Item 4.1, P-05-1112, 'Help Welsh Communities Buy Community Assets: Implement Part 5 Chapter 3 of the Localism Act 2011'. I will bring in Members to discuss this petition and any actions. Joel James.
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New Petitions
Okay. Diolch yn fawr for that, Buffy. There's a suggestion to write to the Minister. Do Members agree? They do. Thank you, Buffy. We'll note that and move forward.
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New Petitions
Okay. Moving on to item 3 today, then: new petitions. Item 3.1, P-06-1325, 'Lower the speed limit on the A5 through Glasfryn'. 'We are calling for a speed limit of 30mph to be set on the A5 through the village of Glasfryn as a matter of urgency and before…
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Thank you, Ben—thanks to Luke as well. That does bring us very nicely to the close of this session. Before we move on, just to say there will be a publication of the transcript; for factual accuracy, please check that and update it if necessary. We may have…
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
I think those will certainly be some questions in there. Ben, do you have any comment?
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Thank you, Joel. Luke, I'll turn to you. There are three minutes and 30 seconds left. I'm conscious that we're inviting Ofgem to a future session. We'll be inviting suppliers to that session. What do you think the committee should ask them?
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
It's interesting—. I will bring Joel in now, but it's interesting, the point you raised on prepayment meters in general. I think it was in 1995 that the First Minister wrote a report on token meters, and we're nearly 30 years on still having this…
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
I want to bring Joel in now. We’ve got about five minutes left of this session. Ben, I'm going to ask you the same question I asked Bethan. In the late 1990s the water industry was legislated to reform. Do you think we’re at a similar time now, where we need…
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Diolch, Bethan. Thank you for that, and we understand that you have to leave. We've got some more questions to Ben and to Luke. Just to say, we will be inviting Ofgem and energy suppliers into committee, and we hope they take it as seriously as we certainly…
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Bethan.
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Who would like to go into that? Ben? If we start with Ben.
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
We'll move on to questions from Joel James.
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
I'll bring Bethan in—you wanted to come in on this point—and then, we'll move to questions from Joel James.
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Thank you for that. I can see Bethan nodding in agreement with that call, as well. Rhys, do you want to come in?
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
I think the committee will ask for those figures, actually. It seems to me that it would be easy to get those figures. They've got the figures already in front of them, so a breakdown for Wales shouldn't be much of an issue. Ben, you wanted to come in, and…
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Diolch, Bethan. Luke Fletcher.
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Thank you, Buffy. Thank you, Bethan as well. Before I bring other Members in—and we will go into perhaps some more detailed figures shortly—just before I came to committee, I saw a BBC article that said that 94,000 prepayment meters were fitted in the last…
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Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Well, thank you, all, for that, and thank you for taking the time to come to committee today. I think this is a particularly important petition. We will jump into questions from Members. I think I should probably start by noting my interest in this area, and…
