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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)—Rent control
I refer Members to my own declaration of interests, and indeed will be declaring an interest on this debate. I will also be voting very firmly against this legislative proposal, and it doesn't take away the fact that I know the work that you've put into this…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
That's good to hear. You'll be aware that the UK Ministry of Justice is presently undertaking the largest recruitment effort in its 650-year history to find 4,000 new lay magistrates. This step has been taken to combat the fact that the number of magistrates…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
6. What discussions has the Counsel General had with the UK Government regarding increasing the diversity of lay magistrates in Wales? OQ57592
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you. Llywydd, I was really delighted upon reading the agenda that so many Members will be questioning the Counsel General today about retained EU law. And I'm sure that many, including my colleague Rhys ab Owen, are delighted that the UK Government is…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
1. What advice has the Counsel General given the Welsh Government in relation to amending or removing retained EU law? OQ57594
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
All children have the right to play, as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Article 31 of the convention states that every child has the right to: 'rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Price Cap
Yes, I will do now—to Blaenau Gwent via the Smart Living programme to develop a type of microgrid on an industrial estate that would help us to move to renewable energy and create and distribute cleaner energy locally. So, bearing in mind, Minister, that the…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Price Cap
Thank you. Reducing the universal credit taper rate, increasing the national living wage, freezing fuel duty for the twelfth year in a row, and now the historic rebate scheme announced last week. The UK Government scheme, Joyce, will help with household bills…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Price Cap
Diolch. Thank you, Minister, for your statement today. Frankly, I have to be honest, when I first read it, I thought I'd picked up the wrong document, because it read rather more like a party political broadcast by the Welsh Labour Party. We have devolution…
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Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
Believe it or not, you've covered those points, so there's no point in me repeating them.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
I'm on question 2. Sorry. I wasn't sure whether I had two, but I have. Right. I know NRW have told us that 32 sites—now, this is about identifying discharges—have been rectified, and 37 are to be worked on in the current period of water company investment…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
Oh, yes, I'm on question 2 now. Sorry. I do beg your pardon.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
So, my other point was that I noticed that the evidence confirms that the removal of all CSOs could cost between £9 billion and £14 billion, with that burden passed on to the consumer, thereby increasing their water bills by hundreds of pounds, which, with…
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Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
Thank you. And then I note that your evidence confirms that the removal—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
Thank you, Chairman. Good morning. Now, evidence submitted by both of your organisations has warned about urban creep, saying that there had been a big increase of impermeable areas, with one in four front gardens having been paved over. And I have to say—and…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair. We talked about nature-based solutions before, and I note that a commitment has been made to strengthen those during this Senedd term. Dŵr Cymru has highlighted that in order to achieve a 95 per cent reduction in the volume split from CSOs…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Well, no. We've galloped ahead. I've still got question 5 to ask.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Thank you, Gwenllian. Recent reports claim that water companies are regularly failing to report spills, or reporting them to be a lower category, so that enforcement action is not triggered. I'm aware that Ofwat is currently analysing responses to their open…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
I think you know I'm mightily impressed with the works that are going up in the upper parts of Conwy valley, and how that partnership working with all the agencies, including NRW, is just fantastic. Now, recent reports claim water companies—
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Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Thank you. And I can just say, on the point that Mark made, it's about what people put down and things. I've run many a campaign in Aberconwy, really going out there and highlighting that you must not be flushing down wet wipes and things, with all the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Thank you. Good morning, everybody. Talking about combined storm overflows discharges, the CCRA3 technical report for Wales estimates that, in winter, rainfall is expected to increase by approximately 6 per cent by the 2050s and by 7-13 per cent by the 2080s…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: 70th Anniversary of the accession
Diolch, Llywydd, and I do hope you and all Members will join me in saying, 'Congratulations, indeed, Your Majesty'. The Queen has a central and pivotal role in our own constitution. Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the governance of the state is…
