, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Sorry to interrupt you. I think we're all just keen to see that governance body in place. Why waste resources, in a way, setting up another thing, if we've got the interim assessor? Go straight in, get that legislation sorted. We've been calling for it…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Yes, it is.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you. The other UK environmental governance bodies, the Office for Environmental Protection and Environmental Standards Scotland, were initially set up as shadow bodies in preparation for their statutory powers. This committee recommended the same for…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
And for schools as well.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, if I was to ask you a question now—. In terms of our health boards, for instance, how are they looking to, like we've done here in the Senedd Commission, in terms of sourcing local produce and sustainable food rather than huge carbon, bringing in food—?…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
But how are they applying it in their everyday work, if you like?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
What about, say, like health? We need sustainability in our health boards and things.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you. How are you working with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice, and other members of your Cabinet, to ensure that sustainable development is embedded across all portfolios?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
And then the final one on this: can you provide an update on the governance arrangements for implementing a national forest? When will you achieve the connected network of high-quality woodlands running throughout Wales?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
How can we see evidence of that, then?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Is it published?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
When will you publish the outcome of the lean review and what are you doing to attract more private investment into woodland creation? And also, when will the timber industrial strategy be published?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch, Chair. Good morning, Minister, and your team. What are your priorities for forestry and woodland in Wales?
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Welsh food system—Producing food sustainably
—but I'm sure that I will meet with the Cabinet Secretary. We need to work together, I think, cross-party. There are serious threats to our global food security. It's not just about choice any more. I want to work with you on this, Minister, going forward…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Welsh food system—Producing food sustainably
Yes, I know, I know. Do you know, I could talk about this longer—
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Welsh food system—Producing food sustainably
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. How to deliver healthy, nutritious food for all in the face of shrinking resources, a growing population and, of course, global uncertainties is a major challenge across the globe, especially here in Wales. It is one…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I just want to know what one has to do as an elected Member of this Senedd to obtain a brown sign. When the Cabinet Secretary now was the Minister, the Great Orme copper mines put in for a brown sign. We've also got the cable cars, the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
Thank you. I'm really concerned about when they access benefits and things, as a lot of people in Wales are not actually accessing fully the benefits that they're entitled to and this is why Citizens Advice have a part to play. Figures reveal that over £2…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
5. What is the Counsel General doing to improve access to free legal advice across Wales, following cuts to Citizens Advice? OQ61328
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Nuclear
Rhun, let's be honest, your main agenda, your ideology, is independence. Do you believe that Trident has actually saved our country over the last goodness knows how many years, including Wales?
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Nuclear
Well, it is only the Conservatives who recognise that Wylfa and Trawsfynydd are ripe for investment, and are set to make north Wales the fission frontier of twenty-first century nuclear energy. That might be a bit much for the Welsh Labour Government and…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Nuclear
No, absolutely no misleading on my part. Thankfully for us, Conservatives have made great strides in bringing investment for nuclear energy into north Wales. In the March 2024 spring budget, our Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced that the Government would be…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Nuclear
Yes, I'll take one. Yes.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Nuclear
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. 'Atomic Kitten', 'Pocket Rocket', Virginia Crosbie—one and the same, the woman who, over the past four and a half years, as the MP, who should be returned again, has worked so hard, with residents, business owners and the UK…
