1 March 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales - scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. Can I come back to you on the thing that's most concerning me, which is the future Warm Homes programme? The committee has flagged up the fact that the current Warm Homes programme is coming to an end next month, and I think we're really keen to see how…
1 March 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales - scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. So, I just wanted to look at the progress report that the Climate Change Committee laid last year, and particularly the Wales-specific recommendations, and also focusing on the tier 3 indicators, which are the ones that the Welsh Government policies can…
28 February 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)—Progress of the Wales Five-year Animal and Environment Plan
Thank you very much, Minister, for this very important statement. I think it's really important that we all realise that, unless we change our ways, we are all going to be in danger of dying from the simplest intervention, for example, if we were to get an…
28 February 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Net-zero Skills Strategy
First of all, I'm having difficulty finding this new plan that's been published today on the internet. It would be great to know whether it has actually been made available to us all, because I'm very keen to understand which are the seven key areas and the…
28 February 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
We've all either observed or seen the steep spike in the price of vegetables and the empty shelves in our shops. The horticulture start-up and horticulture development grant schemes led last year to 19 new entrants into commercial horticulture and the…
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and for the duration of the committee's meeting on 6 March
Under Standing Order 17.42, are Members agreeable to excluding the public from the remainder of this meeting and for the duration of the committee meeting on 6 March? Thank you very much.
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Papers to note
There are two papers to note. Are Members content to note them?
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
And ensuring they are getting hot food as well. Thank you very much, Minister. We could obviously have another hour, but we haven't. Thank you very much for your detailed paper, with lots of references to other organisations that are collating the…
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Clearly, imaginative solutions have to be found that don't involve more money. One of the things we heard from Flintshire Council, Jen Griffiths, was the use of sheltered housing to target warm and welcoming spaces for older people—not just people living in…
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
It would be extremely useful if you could provide the written information about the uptake of the winter fuel payments by local authority, because by publishing that, we will be able to encourage the laggards to rise to the achievements of the leaders. I…
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you. I think that would be very useful because I think that the picture we're getting is one of a deteriorating situation.
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Fine, thank you. Ken Skates.
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Before I bring in Ken Skates, we're due to finish at quarter to. Would you be able to stay on for an extra five minutes, Minister?
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Altaf, back to you.
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Sioned.
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Yes. Jane Dodds and Sioned want to come in before I come back to you, Altaf.
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
They gave evidence to us two weeks ago.
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Okay, thank you. There's a lot more we could go on with on that, but we'll move on to food poverty.
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
But I think we should move on to things where we want clarification. Sioned Williams.
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Yes. I think we're very happy—. We know that the written statement is coming with the detail, and we've also got your very detailed written evidence that we'll be using as part of our inquiry.
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Okay. I think we'll move on. We may need to correspond with you on this. I think we need to, obviously, cover the other areas we're interested in. So, Sarah Murphy.
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Okay, very briefly, because—
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you. A brief intervention from Jane Dodds and then we'll move on to Sarah Murphy.
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Fine, thank you for that. Before we move on to the next subject area for discussion, I just wanted to clarify that the scandal of the enforced prepayment meters, particularly by the very large British Gas—. They talk a good talk, but their actions say…
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Okay. Well, there are other ways in which we can pursue this matter.
