, Plenary
The Building Safety (Description of Higher-Risk Building) (Design and Construction Phase) (Wales) Regulations 2023
Yes, of course.
, Plenary
The Building Safety (Description of Higher-Risk Building) (Design and Construction Phase) (Wales) Regulations 2023
Diolch, Llywydd. I'll just thank the Members for their contributions today. And just in the specifics for Mabon, we have not included military and prisons because there's a separate regime for them and we don't want any confusion. We haven't included hotels…
, Plenary
The Building Safety (Description of Higher-Risk Building) (Design and Construction Phase) (Wales) Regulations 2023
Diolch, Llywydd. The regulations are a cornerstone of the new regulatory regime for building control in Wales. They specify what constitutes a 'higher-risk building' for the purposes of the Building Act 1984. Buildings that come within this definition will…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Wales Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Needs for Net Zero
So, obviously, I can't comment on any individual applications—you wouldn't expect me to—but 'Planning Policy Wales' sets that out pretty clearly. It is our presumption that things should be undergrounded where possible, for all of the reasons that you've just…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Wales Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Needs for Net Zero
We're waiting on the report on the technical viability of cable ploughing and on the cost. So, it would be a mistake to think it's free or something—it obviously isn't. We need comparative costs; we need to know what the viable routes are—they're very likely…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Wales Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Needs for Net Zero
Yes, absolutely, Russell, I completely agree with that. So, we're very happy to support community energy companies—it's part of what we do through Ynni Cymru—to help put those kinds of closed loop systems—that's what you're talking about really—in place…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Wales Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Needs for Net Zero
Thank you, Alun, I couldn't agree with that more. You'll be aware that we have a number of developments going on along the Heads of the Valleys infrastructure. We also have several energy parks in that area that I know you're familiar with, and it's really…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Wales Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Needs for Net Zero
Diolch, Delyth. A series of really important questions there. In terms of the acceleration of the infrastructure itself, that's why we've done the various pieces of work to set out both, as I said, from the top down and from the bottom up. It's quite…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Wales Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Needs for Net Zero
Thank you very much, Janet. As I said in my—. I did answer quite a few of those questions in my statement. So, obviously we need a transition to a better grid system. We very much welcome the new holistic design process. It has been a long time coming, but at…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Wales Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Needs for Net Zero
Diolch, Llywydd. I am pleased to update the Senedd on preparing Wales's electricity transmission infrastructure for net zero. The grid is a critical part of the energy system, and the UK Government decides how it is planned and funded. We do have some levers…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Data on Coal Tip Locations
Diolch, Huw. I am very happy indeed to say that we continue to make those representations. A large number of Ministers in the Government make those representations to our opposite numbers very frequently, and the First Minister himself has made…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Data on Coal Tip Locations
Yes, thank you very much, Vikki. So, RCT have been very pivotal in this. It won't be any surprise to you at all. They have very high legacy issues to do with tips and the council has been very proactive and a great deal of the expertise that we've relied on…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Data on Coal Tip Locations
Yes, absolutely, Heledd; it's a very good point. So, what I'm talking about is the regular routine inspection and maintenance regime, not connected to any incident, just happening regular as clockwork, making sure that everything on the tip is as it should…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Data on Coal Tip Locations
Yes, diolch, Hefin. I absolutely agree with everything you've said there. In terms of the classification, this is a technical classification done by the engineers who have expertise in this matter, and what it effectively does is it determines how many…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Data on Coal Tip Locations
Diolch, Delyth. Yes, absolutely. So, there's been an ongoing discussion. The Secretary of State for Wales has co-chaired the coal tip safety summit for some considerable time. I've attended I think all of them, but certainly the majority of them, and it's…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Data on Coal Tip Locations
Diolch, Joel. So, there is a series of questions there, many of which are answered on the website, but I'll just briefly run through them. So, I just want to put a few issues to bed, though. I understand you're asking it the other way up, but we've had…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Data on Coal Tip Locations
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I am pleased to update the Senedd today on the publication of disused coal tip locations. We have made significant progress since the First Minister established the coal tip safety taskforce after the landslide in Tylorstown in…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
If you don't mind, Chair, if I say to you: would you mind telling us what we've just agreed to send to you as well, because I think we agreed to send you quite a lot of things? So, if the clerk wouldn't mind giving us a note of that, that would be very…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
So, I chair the overarching ministerial second homes group, and we've been looking at a range of interventions, particularly in the pilot area in Dwyfor. We are a bit concerned not to have like 12 interventions all happening instantly. Because one of the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Oh, Sarah. Forgive me. Wrong deputy director.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Yes. But, obviously, Stuart and others in my department are part of the working group across the Government on that, because obviously it has a housing aspect to it. So, we are involved in the conversations. I don't know, Stuart, if you've got any detail you…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
So, that's not me, I'm afraid; that's my colleague, Dawn Bowden. But I sit on the cross-Government group that's looking at that. My understanding is that that legislation is in train. It's a parallel piece of legislation with the visitor levy legislation…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
—Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors; there we go—to get the guidance out, which will free up the market, basically, to make sure that the private sector market—. So, it has freed up a bit. You can see, in some parts of Cardiff, there are accelerating…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Yes. So, there are two elements to that now. So, we've got the leaseholder support scheme as it's always been. We've loosened the eligibility for that. That scheme is particularly for people who might want to stay in their own flat, but sell it, because they…
