, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
I'm going to go with the European Union, I'm afraid. [Laughter.]
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
I think, Jenny, I might have to ask the officials whether they think it's more complicated or separate. From my part, it's made me aware of a number of things I wasn't particularly aware of in the European Union, because they were dealt with at UK Government…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
So, Llyr, we've got a sort of structure of these. There are a number of inter-ministerial groups that this will fit into. So, I think it will probably become part of the agenda of the various inter-ministerial groups. Lesley and I have very overlapping…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Yes, indeed we do, Delyth. The frameworks, we think, have been very useful in bringing together policy officials from across the four Governments in areas where there's previously been very little dialogue, and, in some cases, it's really improved…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Indeed. Just on that, Chair, the chemicals and pesticides framework already has an internal governance review under way on it, just focusing on the effectiveness of the governance levels and the role of the secretariat. So, obviously, we'll keep you informed…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Yes, absolutely, Chair. So, as I said, there's a commitment to consistent reporting once they're finalised on the frameworks. The details are being worked through at official level; I'm sure the officials can give you more detail on that. The…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Thanks, Janet. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs consulted a wide range of stakeholders from each nation on behalf of us all. The stakeholders in Wales included the Welsh Local Government Association, local authorities separately, health…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Cadeirydd. So, very good, really. There's a consensus on the need for UK-wide frameworks for air quality and for chemicals and pesticides. All four Governments are engaged and involved in that. The officials have been doing the very large bulk of the…
, Plenary
The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022
Diolch, Llywydd. I move the motion. The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 amend the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2018, in consequence of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. The 2018…
, Plenary
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 9A) Regulations 2022
Diolch, Llywydd. I've already addressed the issues on the Human Rights Act in terms of the LJC committee. We are very satisfied that the Act complies with all of the human rights legislation, as Huw set out. In terms of the points that Janet made, the number…
, Plenary
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 9A) Regulations 2022
Diolch, Llywydd. These regulations form part of a wider set of statutory instruments that I am laying to support the implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016. Members will be aware from my written statement last month that the Welsh Government's…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Welsh resources
Diolch, Llywydd. I welcome the opportunity to respond to this debate. As a Labour Government, we believe that the state has a vital role in making sure wealth in the economy is distributed fairly. A more equal distribution of wealth goes hand in hand with…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Welsh resources
Formally.
, Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)—Rent control
How on earth you think that we can have rivers full of phosphates and build substandard housing all over green land in Wales and have a coherent approach to the climate and nature emergencies, I really cannot understand. So, you just really need to take a…
, Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)—Rent control
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. In noting the proposal in the motion for a Bill on rent control, I think it is really important to set out the commitment in the programme for government. The commitment in the programme for government reflects the commitment in the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Price Cap
Diolch, Rhianon. So, as I said, Jane Hutt and I have written to the Secretary of State, Kwasi Kwarteng, the Secretary of State for BEIS, calling for five pretty straightforward actions: remove the social policy costs on household energy bills and move them to…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Price Cap
Thanks very much indeed for that, Sam. Absolutely, there are some long-term issues. The whole issue about energy security and energy self-sufficiency is certainly one of them. Our plan, of course, is to get Wales to the point where it's a net exporter of…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Price Cap
Diolch, Vikki. So, a couple of things there, then. The differentiated cap, we were discussing with Ofgem how that might work. We've called on the UK Government to look at putting a differentiated price cap in place. Somewhat counterintuitively as well, and…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Price Cap
Thanks very much, Jane. One of the things that we want to look at at the round-table is how we can target microbusinesses in particular. So, we have the business rates relief scheme in place, of course, so many small businesses won't be paying rates already…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Price Cap
Diolch, Joyce. So, a couple of things there. Absolutely, on the storage point, although really what we need to do is move away from fossil fuels to renewables. One of the issues about the investment and the lack of investment and the investment models is…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Price Cap
Diolch. So, yes, I'll just run through, very quickly, some of those. So, Jane Hutt and I had a very good meeting with Ofgem. I'm sorry, each day blends into each other—I think it was Friday of last week. Late last week anyway. It might have been very late…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Price Cap
Well, where to start? So, Arbed—Arbed has had some problems, absolutely, and as Janet Finch-Saunders said herself, we have taken responsibility for those both through our local authorities and as a Welsh Government. Unfortunately, there were preceding schemes…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Price Cap
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Last week, the energy regulator, Ofgem, announced the price cap that will take effect from April this year for residential energy consumers. As my colleague Jane Hutt set out on Thursday, the 54 per cent increase in the cap is clearly…
, Plenary
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022
Diolch, Llywydd. I move the motion. I am pleased to be able to bring forward the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022, which makes minor technical amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020. The effects of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Janet. I am absolutely committed to amending the legislation. The legislation was of course passed before we had the 200 nautical mile zone, so we are absolutely committed to doing that, and I'm sure there will be a suitable opportunity to put it…
