, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
I appreciate that.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. I have to just raise that staff travel expenses are quite eye watering, some of the figures. I've seen some figures obtained by a FOI. What steps is your organisation taking to ensure more value for money for the taxpayer in terms of staff travel…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Exactly. I was going to say—. If I could just endorse—and thank you for answering the question—if I could just endorse that, I'm a keen advocate for transparency, and this review has taken a lot of time, probably a lot of resources, so I do think that we…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Thanks. I'm just looking for your views on the baseline review exercise, including the development of SLAs, and whether an SLA will be made publicly available, and, if so, when. How has the baseline review addressed the many concerns around staffing levels in…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and coach net zero - briefing by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT)
Okay. Now, obviously, in the Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru co-operation agreement, they make a clear promise to ask Transport for Wales to work with local authorities in north-west Wales and the Welsh Government to develop plans for integrated transport. Now…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and coach net zero - briefing by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT)
Thank you. Just going back to the modal shift, do you actually think that Welsh Government targets are ambitious enough? And how do they compare to those considered in the report?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
Not the questions I was going to ask, but hey ho. Is there a cause for concern that the Welsh Government wish to carry over surplus emissions from carbon budget 1 to carbon budget 2, and could you summarise the Climate Change Committee's reasons for advising…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
Right, you've moved—. So, I've missed that one. So, I'll go on to No. 8. So, is there a cause for concern—? I mean, I was down for question 6, just so that you know.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
Yes, I'm on question 6.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
And do you think there's a danger that some homes were being retrofitted, to put new technology in, but, at the same time, as you say—and this was touched upon in our inquiry earlier on, just before Christmas—there was a fear by some people that new homes…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
Again, I'd just echo the sentiments already made about the splendid work you've done and helped us along with here, and in an independent manner, which is refreshing. So, let's have a look at the sectors of concern, where you feel progress to date has not…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
Thank you. Good morning, Lord Deben.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, again, Minister. I can't argue with that response at all. Now, my final point: in the budget for 2023-24, building safety funding is set to receive a 37 per cent reduction in resource. Despite the indicative budget setting aside £9.5 million for…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you for that comprehensive answer, Minister, it's really appreciated. I'm sure you would agree with me that the longer it takes to resolve this crisis, the greater the mental and financial pressure for these vulnerable residents. I'm sure you'd agree…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Llywydd, and thank you, Minister, Now, there is no denying that the UK Government is taking decisive action to tackle unsafe buildings. The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP has sent all developers legally binding contracts that will commit them to pay to repair…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. What steps, Minister, can you take? How do we move forward on this? What steps will you take to ensure that we have the right sea defences we need, but that, at some stage, we can see our sandy beach restored in Llandudno? Diolch.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Minister. I'm sure you're aware that, in 2014, our lovely sandy beach, north shore, Llandudno, received, without any notice, the dumping of some 50,000 tonnes of freshly and dirty quarried rock. At the time, it was described as 'shingle'. The town…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
2. What support is the Welsh Government providing for coastal communities facing the threat of flooding? OQ59079
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
Thank you, Mabon. Thank you, Mabon, very much. There's some irony here, isn't there? The reasons that the homeless numbers are increasing are, in fact, as a result of many private landlords—and I declare an interest—actually now serving section 21s. You've…
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
Will the Member take an intervention?
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
Yes. Twenty-five million pounds in capital funding towards the costs of remedial works to make a property habitable. The Welsh Government needs to outline how it seeks to promote empty homes. Too often, we're seeing the wrong priorities being afforded money…
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
Well, I disagree that there's a complete lack of this funding. At the end of the day, we've had devolution here in Wales for 25 years. We have just over 3 million of population. The billions that come into Wales—is it £18 billion? It's you that's out of order…
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
Yes.
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
Obviously, I'd like to actually address my budget concerns regarding the portfolio. If we just take Natural Resources Wales, for instance, Welsh Government have completely ignored many warnings that we've seen in committee reports and inquiries that Natural…
