, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
There are lots of place where you could do that; it's just that people aren't, at the moment, doing it, are they?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
Yes, I'm familiar with the wonderful progress that Germany's made. How could these local home partnerships help to accelerate the process, given that ground-source heat pumps are the most cost effective way of generating renewable energy in homes? It's best…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
These letters that Sam Kurtz was talking about—most people put them in the bin, because they don't trust an organisation they've never heard of, and there are lots of scammers around. So, how would the local area energy plans help break that cynicism or…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
Okay. We're short of time, and we already have—you know, the social housing sector has definitely led the way. Okay. So, turning to you, Andy, you've made recommendations that the Development Bank of Wales should offer a low or zero-interest loan to home…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
Okay. So, bearing in mind that your minimum loan is £25 million, is there any way in which you could envisage partnerships to help tackle this difficult problem?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
I just wanted to talk about how we decarbonise housing. We know that the coldest homes are in the private sector, and we also know that, I think, four in 10 houses are owned outright by either the landlord or the home owner. So, Kate, how do you think we…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
Thank you, Chair. I just need to declare that I have shares in Awel Aman Tawe and in Siemens, just for transparency.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
Thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
Okay. And freight companies—any interest from them?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
I'm just interested to find out if you've had any interest from the transport sector. So, leaving aside buses, which we are about to re-regulate, there are all sorts of other transport that we need to decarbonise, whether it's the bin trucks of local…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Care: The Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill
Thank you for answering the question about the costs that would escalate if we do nothing. But, following on from Jane Dodds and, indeed, from Mabon ap Gwynfor, I am concerned about the ability of local authorities to commission the services locally, so that…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I wanted to raise another toxic waste issue, which is that of the sewage in our seas and rivers. You will be aware, Trefnydd, that people were ordered out of the water at Barry Island on Saturday, because of the water quality, and this was while there were…
, Plenary
Nominations for Committee Chair
Alun Davies.
, Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report, 'Unheard: Women's journey through gynaecological cancer'
I'm very pleased to be taking part in this debate. My own sister died of ovarian cancer, and this was after three separate primary incidents of breast cancer. Ovarian cancer is much more difficult to diagnose than the single job of self-examination of your…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The future of farming in Wales
Thank you. I just wanted to ask you about trees and soil health. The WWF seminar that took place two weeks ago, which you weren't able to attend, which Llyr Huws Gruffydd was chairing—I don't recall seeing James Evans there—and I think that some of the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Our national mission—delivering on Wales’s education priorities
Congratulations, Minister. As the former Minister for public health, I know that you know that obesity is a major challenge, and the strategies you used for raising the uptake of families entitled to the healthy eating vouchers mean that I'm absolutely…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, you may have seen the data from Swim Wales, which shows that only one in six or 16 per cent of children can swim. This is a really serious issue for my constituents, particularly up in Pentwyn, where we have a handy lake that children can…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to increase the number of primary school children who are able to swim? OQ61121
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Under Standing Order 17.42, I'd like to ask if Members would agree to hold the rest of the meeting in private. I see no dissent. Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Papers to note
There are four papers to note. Are Members content to note them? Yes.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow up inquiry: Ministerial evidence session
Obviously, we will send you a transcript, and you can correct any anomalies or inaccuracies. Thank you very much and we will talk to you again, I'm sure.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow up inquiry: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you very much indeed for your attendance, and for your indulgence in allowing us to overrun by six minutes.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow up inquiry: Ministerial evidence session
But you are firmly in the health and social care department, and therefore I hope that we manage to fix this element.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow up inquiry: Ministerial evidence session
I just want to finally say that my sense remains that the inverse care law is operating here. So, families with disabilities—with a child with a disability or maybe an adult with a disability—are unable to get the service that they need, based on the Coram…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow up inquiry: Ministerial evidence session
Sioned.
