, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
There has to be some progress, so do you want to give us an update on some of that progress?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Active travel hasn't increased to the levels of your predecessor, and you were just discussing some of that now. Will there be an impact on meeting the 2030 target set out in 'Net Zero Wales'? How will you mitigate that reduced spending?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Good. I'm really, really pleased to hear that, because I think one of the first things I ever, ever came across was fatalities on a road of children under five in a very deprived area, and called for reduction of speed.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
You did mention a housing estate, and I'm particularly interested in the effect on deprived areas, because their voices might not be as well reflected as other people's voices within those same communities. And, of course, if you look at collision and injury…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
It's a very quick one, and you can write to me. Climate change, we know, is happening. The Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences have invested heavily—we've invested in IBERS—in alternative plants and methods. So, if you could give us an…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
But we're behind the curve in Wales in terms of protecting our waters, which I find hugely disappointing, so I'm hoping that we're going to not be behind the curve for much longer. My real concern here is that there's potential here in moving forward to…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
It is. It isn't just my view; it's other people's views that the sea is somewhat being taken for granted as always being there and that it's always going to produce and is always going to work for the good of people to do whatever it is they wish to do with…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I look forward to it, as you well know. You've got an independent review of marine planning methods ongoing. When is it going to conclude?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
We need to dip into the water now—[Laughter.]—while keeping our feet firmly on the ground, as you've just said. You've announced a marine Cymru fund, but I'd like to understand how it's going to operate and what the structures are for that operation.
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Welsh food system—Producing food sustainably
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Food sustainability is affected by things like war and climate change, and we've seen war creating unreliable access to key imports of food but also fuel. So, we have to stop our dependence on fossil fuel. But climate change has…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
We know that the on-farm slaughter of cattle with TB is often traumatic and has a real impact on farmers and also their families. Following the establishment of the TB advisory group, the Welsh Government recently announced changes to help reduce the number…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Just on that uptake being the proxy for better outcomes, we've seen measles vaccinations drop, and we've seen a correlation. We've seen the same with whooping cough, which is doing the rounds now, again. And, again, we've seen it with the vaccination of young…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
And are you satisfied that there's enough cross-over between those people working in, say, physical health and those working in mental health, so that they both do meet?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Yes. You mentioned social prescribing, are we actually able to deliver it properly?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Could I give you another example, or challenging example? It's when individuals, and particularly children, are neurodivergent, and also then experiencing a mental health crisis—not always a crisis, but sometimes a crisis. How adequate do you think the care…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
But some of that good practice is down to need and, in some part, investment in having sufficient people to support those individuals in the right place at the right time. I know, Minister, that you're doing work in this space, so I particularly used that…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Some of the long-term conditions happen quite suddenly, like Parkinson's, stroke and other such conditions. If I use Parkinson's particularly, it is sudden and it is pretty traumatic, because the prognosis is what the prognosis is. It isn't a lifestyle choice…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Good morning. I want to talk about mental health, and I want to ask particularly what steps you're taking to improve mental health support for people with chronic conditions.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Federation of Small Businesses
Okay. That's fine.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Federation of Small Businesses
I'm interested in the idea of creating footfall, but also creating jobs from recycling. I used to be in the catering industry for years and anything that I used went automatically back to recycling in the form of bottles, because the deliveries would have…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Federation of Small Businesses
I'm just wondering, keeping on with the DRS, whether you're involved in any of the conversations around the policy.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
Briefly on this, I live in Pembrokeshire, a high-tourist area. What I had seen before the rules came in were good, clearly marked out bins for recycling; what I've seen since, and very recently, is, 'Take your rubbish home.' I've seen it right across my area…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
So, again, that's quite broad. What sort of behaviour, particularly, do you think would be most challenging for individuals?
