, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
I'm going to ask one of the officials to go into the process by which we arrived at these figures, but basically what we've done is use our best estimate at the time that we did the impact assessment. But if I pass over to Gian Marco or one of his team on the…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
Yes, fine.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
We've been working very hard to make sure that the carbon footprint of Wales isn't exported to other places. We've been working with the charity, Size of Wales, on making sure that our global footprint on deforestation isn't impacted by our procurement, and…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
[Inaudible.] You've all frozen on my screen, I'm afraid. Let's hope you can still hear me.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
So, we haven't done an impact assessment on the manufacturing arm of it, but, Peredur, we're very keen—and we've been working with Size of Wales, a third sector organisation, in particular—to make sure that, as part of our environmental—. Can you all still…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
Well, we'd be encouraging the use of biodegradable products like bamboo and wood and cardboard rather than the much harder to recycle, harder plastics, actually.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
If it's marketed as reusable, washable, dishwasher-safe or whatever, then it won't be caught. That's the broad [Inaudible.]
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
So, the way that it works is that it depends on what the purpose of the manufacture was. So, if the item is marketed as a throw-away disposable product, then it will be caught. So, even if you're the sort of person who reuses disposable plastic cutlery—which…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
Yes, certainly. We estimated the cost for items A to J in the list in terms of the foodservice businesses switching from plastic to non-plastic products. That involved using market intelligence collected during discussions with stakeholders to estimate the…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much. We continue to work with all our stakeholders representing impacted sectors, and as part of the communication development process, we've been engaging with policy teams right across the Welsh Government to identify best practice and to…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
Louise, do you want to introduce yourself?
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
I'm not sure whether we've got a lawyer with us as well. Have we got Louise with us?
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
I have with me also Richard Clark. Richard, are you going to introduce yourself?
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much. I'm Julie James. I'm the Minister for Climate Change in the Welsh Government. I have with me Gian Marco Currado. Gian Marco, do you want to introduce yourself?
, Plenary
Short Debate: Mapping Welsh seas: An investment in our green and blue future
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Well, 'follow that', as they say—I'm not even going to attempt it. I really enjoyed the contribution of Rhun ap Iorwerth, and I can assure you that we are very aware of the really important work that the vessel, Prince Madog, has done…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Water in Wales: Challenges relating to water poverty and quality
We’re committed to working with water companies to make water bills affordable for all, and helping households that genuinely struggle to pay for water services. Again, as Joel said, in 2021 the Consumer Council for Water published a review of the…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Water in Wales: Challenges relating to water poverty and quality
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Thank you very much for the opportunity to talk about the very important and topical issues of both water poverty and water quality. Our water sector is indeed facing an immediate and unprecedented challenge. Climate change means that…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets—evidence session 4: Minister for Climate Change and the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I'll leave you a copy of the letters.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets—evidence session 4: Minister for Climate Change and the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Publicly owned assets; we do that all the time. Carolyn was just asking, how do you know who owns a bit of something or other, and I was just saying that if it was privately owned, we wouldn't have that; you'd have to use the Land Registry. If it's publicly…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets—evidence session 4: Minister for Climate Change and the Minister for Finance and Local Government
No, no, I do like the idea. There is one. What we're saying is, it's not all the assets; there's no private sector on it—
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets—evidence session 4: Minister for Climate Change and the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I remember discussing it with you when we were a lot younger. [Laughter.] That was certainly made publicly available, but it's going back a while. And we did exactly that, we did a—. I think Mark Drakeford, in a previous existence, had commissioned it, and we…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets—evidence session 4: Minister for Climate Change and the Minister for Finance and Local Government
The original piece of work was done in the Cwm Taf health board area, wasn't it?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets—evidence session 4: Minister for Climate Change and the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Yes, so DataMapCymru does that, doesn't it?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets—evidence session 4: Minister for Climate Change and the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I will get the committee a note on this because we've done some work as a result of some things that have happened here in Cardiff around the demolition of historic buildings—it was a pub, in fact—and the way that the planning system treats demolition as…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets—evidence session 4: Minister for Climate Change and the Minister for Finance and Local Government
There we are. So, we did quite a bit of work with local authorities because we were trying to make sure that derelict buildings in the centres of towns and so on were dealt with. That's been a piece of work that has been going on for some time on vacant…
