, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 6 - climate change and flooding
Okay. So, who wants to go first on this?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 6 - climate change and flooding
Fair enough. Okay. We'll come to you later, then.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 6 - climate change and flooding
Who'd like to go first? Shall we hear from Anne first, or Jeremy? We haven't heard from Jeremy recently. Jeremy.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 6 - climate change and flooding
Thank you. Bearing in mind Clive's point about the time lag on the publication of actual statistics, do you think the new plan should contain sector-specific emission reduction targets, and, obviously, the accompanying emission reduction pathways? If so…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 5 - climate change
Okay, so is it targets that are going to focus the Government on this, or not?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 5 - climate change
So, Sophie, focusing on what the Welsh Government can do, why do you think we haven't been more successful in engaging communities in having their own renewable energy schemes? Is it just a grid issue, or is it not the case that there are many more, other…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 5 - climate change
Lord Deben, would you like to go first?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 5 - climate change
Okay. I just want to focus on one other area before I allow other Members to come in, which is: what are we going to do in this second low-carbon delivery plan to reverse the really terrifying statistic, which is that new renewable energy capacity has been…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 5 - climate change
Okay, fine.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 5 - climate change
Okay. Broadening the discussion slightly to—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 5 - climate change
Thank you very much. Sophie, I just wanted to ask you about your role in getting involved in the Welsh Government’s second low-carbon delivery plan. And picking up on the point made by Lord Deben about how nobody understands what air-source heat pumps are all…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Transport
—car drivers think that they have a God-given right to travel for free on our roads when we all have to pay when we go on the train or the buses?
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Transport
So, if the UK Government is considering charging as a mechanism, which is widely used in places like France—and the world hasn't stopped going round in France—and is widely used on the Dartford tunnel east of London, why on earth could it not be a policy tool…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Transport
—and cherish. So, how are we going to replace that £40 billion when people no longer are buying petrol and diesel and are simply using cars that are charged up on renewable energy, otherwise it won't be worth a candle?
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Transport
Well, that's a good idea; that's why he's able to lead on the—. But the point is, if we want to extend free bus passes to 16 to 25-year-olds—which I don't discount as a great idea—we have to work out how we're going to pay for it. I just want to, equally—. I…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Transport
A pleasure to be taking part in this debate. I just want to refute one or two of the things that the Conservatives have already said. I just want to question this holy grail of the positive impact of the removal of the Severn crossing tolls. Perhaps Peter Fox…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Dementia
I'd like to thank Luke Fletcher for proposing this debate, and the level of interest indicates that we are all aware of just what an important subject this is. We face a veritable epidemic of dementia—that's not my assessment, but that of a leading expert in…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Minister. One of my constituents was correctly diagnosed as having a stroke by a 999 call handler and obviously confirmed that he needed to be seen as an emergency in the Heath hospital. Because it was unclear how long it would take for an…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
3. Will the Minister make a statement on the availability of emergency stroke services in Cardiff? OQ56928
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Last week, we learned that, as a result of the disastrous decision not to proceed with the electrification of the main railway line up to Swansea, we now have more pollution on these bi-mode trains that were foisted upon us than they have on the worst…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Future approach to optometry services
Thank you for your statement. This is prudent healthcare in action. Well done. You know, given all the problems we face in the health service, it's really important that we are moving services to primary care, where it's safe to do so. And I'm sure this is…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales, and Trefnydd: Future Farming Policy and the Sustainable Farming Scheme
Thank you for your statement. I appreciate that some of the things that I wanted to raise have already been covered, but I just want to emphasise that this week has demonstrated just how much disruption the farming sector is suffering, both as a result of…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I just wanted to raise the very serious issue that occurred in Bute park about 10 days ago, where there was a premeditated attack on over 50 trees and other infrastructure in the park. This is one of our most iconic parks across Europe, and I'm very disturbed…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Very good.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Right. I'd now like to suggest that we go into private session. This is under a Standing Order that I can't at the moment find, but no doubt will be ingrained on my memory for the rest of my life. So, to move into private session at this stage, are Members…
