, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 4
Thank you. And then, as we see the growing use of electrical vehicles and the continued reliance of our society on electricity, what detailed assessments have been made to ascertain the expected energy demand over the coming years, to ensure that Wales has…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 4
Everyone's gone quiet. [Laughter.]
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 4
Surely, the first stage of determining an effective energy mix and in deciding where best to place finite resources is to actually conduct a survey in the first place on the potential for energy production. As such, what assessments do you feel have been…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 3
Thank you very much.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 3
Thank you very much. An interesting situation has arisen here whereby, obviously, we've got these big schemes coming off the north Wales coast and the impact on our fishermen, and some are actually thinking now—. Apparently, during the Gwynt y Môr scheme…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 3
Thank you. I'm aware that there is pressure on the Crown Estate to work proactively with developers to ensure adequate leasing rounds continue to be offered regularly, but can you outline the steps you do take to consider the potential environmental impact of…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 3
Unlike on land, the Welsh national marine plan is not on a spatial basis. Do you have any thoughts on the impact the creation of a marine development plan that sets out a spatial and strategic context to development proposals in the marine environment would…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. The WPD submission highlights a need for a detailed analysis to be undertaken of potential whole-system solutions to the challenges faced by the Welsh energy system. Do you think that the UK and Welsh Governments are doing enough to…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 2
We've talked, haven't we, today about reports of power lines being close to full capacity leaving potential energy schemes and developers facing prohibitive upfront costs to upgrade local networks before they can even start generating. Could you outline the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Thank you. And then, while our foremost focus must be on creating greener renewable energy to meet out net-zero targets, both EDF and RWE have identified that the deep dive does lack ambition in relation to Wales becoming a net green energy exporter. So, what…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Thank you. And then—. Oh, sorry, Rhys.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay. And then—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
You don't feel that there should be a greater mix of other types of renewables. Certainly here in the north, it's felt by many stakeholders, actually, and indeed constituents, that there seems to be a huge concentration just on these huge big schemes, but we…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Thanks for those responses. There is a significant amount of focus on the energy potential of offshore windfarms, particularly so here in north Wales, with the two big sites, and in the Celtic sea. Does the Welsh Government's deep dive and net-zero plan focus…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1
Reflecting on your organisation's involvement in the deep-dive project, does there exist actual omissions in either the scope of or recommendations produced by the deep dive that undermine its effectiveness? The reason I ask that is that there is a suggestion…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Making Saint David's Day a bank holiday
St David is our country's patron saint, whose good deeds and actions continue to inspire many across our whole society. St David’s Day also marks a day of national festivity across Wales and in Welsh communities around the world. Creating a bank holiday to…
, Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Alun Davies (Blaenau Gwent)—The impact of storm overflows
—rivers to be unhealthy. Okay, that's it. Thank you.
, Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Alun Davies (Blaenau Gwent)—The impact of storm overflows
I'd like to thank Alun Davies MS for what I consider to be an exceptional legislative proposal. Now, whilst the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales is targeting all farmers in relation to water pollution through the Water Resources (Control of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I am. To expand on TAN 6 that maybe children of farmers can more easily gain planning permission to build homes on their own family land. Diolch.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
'Cymraeg 2050' acknowledges the importance of Welsh-speaking communities as places that facilitate the use of the language in every aspect of everyday life. However, with the Welsh Government only delivering 4,616 of the 12,000 new homes required annually in…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
Yes, I'm here. Thanks. Just this digital connectivity in rural areas. A huge issue, isn't it? Oh, sorry, I flicked the—. I turned the camera off. Yes, so you've had the letter, haven't you, from the National Federation of Women's Institutes-Wales and about…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Thanks.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. Because my supp to that was: the NRW core grant in aid will remain unchanged from 2021-22, so are any new duties going to be placed on NRW? And, if they are, would there be extra—? But, there aren't.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Chair. Can you clarify whether the air quality framework places any duties on Welsh public bodies such as Natural Resources Wales?
