, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 8: Prohibited single-use plastic products: power to amend (Amendments 7, 29, 30, 31, 64, 32, 33)
Yes, please.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 8: Prohibited single-use plastic products: power to amend (Amendments 7, 29, 30, 31, 64, 32, 33)
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I'm very grateful to Members for their remarks on the group. I do want Members to support Government amendment 7, which obviously arises directly from recommendations proposed by committees and very specifically from the Legislation…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 8: Prohibited single-use plastic products: power to amend (Amendments 7, 29, 30, 31, 64, 32, 33)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I'm bringing forward Government amendment 7 which places a duty on Welsh Ministers to consult local authorities, Natural Resources Wales, and any other relevant bodies before making regulations under the powers in section 3. Section 3 of…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 7: Interpretation (Amendments 23. 56, 17)
Yes, please.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 7: Interpretation (Amendments 23. 56, 17)
I have nothing further to add, Chair. Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 7: Interpretation (Amendments 23. 56, 17)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Government amendments 17 and 23 run together and are technical in nature. Amendment 17 removes the definition of 'carrier bag' from the general interpretation provision in section 20 of the Bill. However, amendment 23 then inserts the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 6: Products made of oxo-degradable and oxo-biodegradable plastic (Amendments 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 24)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I'll address amendments 54 and 55 first. Amendment 54 seeks to remove oxo-degradable products from the list of prohibited products in schedule 1, and amendment 55 would exempt any product made of oxo-biodegradable plastic from the list of…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 5: Exemptions in relation to carrier bags (Amendments 82, 57, 85, 86)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I will address Delyth Jewell's amendment No. 82 and it's consequential amendments, 85 and 86, first. Amendment 82 would reduce the number of exemptions of plastic single-use carrier bags from the ban introduced by the Bill. Specifically, it…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 4: Manufacture of prohibited single-use plastic products (Amendments 81, 83, 84, 67, 68, 40, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 44, 51)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Ever since the arguments for the inclusion of manufacturing in the Bill, it does go to the very heart of the principles underpinning this particular legislation, which are already settled. This Bill focuses on the reduction of environmental…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 3: Exemptions in relation to straws (Amendments 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
Yes, please.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 3: Exemptions in relation to straws (Amendments 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
No thank you, Chair. I've nothing else to add.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 3: Exemptions in relation to straws (Amendments 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Members will appreciate the task of preparing this Bill over a relatively short period and in a way that is intellectually coherent and legally robust has been quite a formidable challenge. So, I would like to just start by paying tribute…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 2: Guidance, raising awareness and education (Amendments 6, 28, 34, 36, 37, 66, 46, 47, 49, 50, 80)
Yes, please.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 2: Guidance, raising awareness and education (Amendments 6, 28, 34, 36, 37, 66, 46, 47, 49, 50, 80)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I completely agree that comprehensive guidance and awareness-raising materials are required to fully inform both businesses and individuals of the bans being brought forward by the Bill and how the bans will impact them. I agree with…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 2: Guidance, raising awareness and education (Amendments 6, 28, 34, 36, 37, 66, 46, 47, 49, 50, 80)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I am bringing forward amendment 6 to insert a new subsection in section 2 of the Bill that will place a duty on Welsh Ministers to produce guidance about single-use plastic products prohibited under the Act and exemptions listed in column 2…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Group 1: Meaning of single-use plastic product and prohibited single-use plastic products (Amendments 25, 61, 62, 26, 1, 2, 27, 63, 3, 4, 5)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I turn first to amendment 25, which is proposed by Janet Finch-Saunders, and amendment 61, proposed by Delyth Jewell, which appear to be identical, as you've said. In common with amendment 62, also by Delyth Jewell, they suggest adding to…
, Plenary
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022
As I was saying, Janet, perhaps if you ever listen to anything I said, as opposed to reading out your pre-ordained speech, you would know that voting against these regulations will not stop the implementation of the Act—it will simply mean that the Act…
, Plenary
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022
Sorry, Llywydd, I beg your pardon.
, Plenary
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022
Diolch, Llywydd. I commend these Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 to the Senedd and ask Members to support them so we can implement the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 in December. [Interruption.] Perhaps if you ever…
, Plenary
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. These regulations are part of the final set of statutory instruments I am laying as we move towards implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 on 1 December. The statutory instruments, including the Renting Homes (Wales) Act…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Policy
I agree with that, Alun, and so we will be bringing forward the infrastructure consenting Bill in this Assembly year—so, before the end of the summer term—to make sure that we streamline the consenting for big projects and make a very distinct distinction…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Policy
On that last one, exactly that, Mike. So, that's one of the reasons that we're looking with caution at the development of carbon capture, utilisation and storage. The technology clearly works at small scale, but as yet there's no big scale, and the storage…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Policy
So, yes, that's very interesting. I am aware of it, and it's a very interesting development. We are very keen. The scheme referenced by our colleague, Mike Hedges, is a very similar sort of scheme, so we're very keen to understand how we might lever in…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Policy
I'm very happy to reassure you that we are, of course, doing that. Very recently, the Minister for Economy and myself met with Valero to discuss exactly that. We are just waiting on the next interministerial group with the UK Government to discuss the next…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Policy
Thank you, Jenny. So, on that last one, we fund and work alongside a number of universities across Wales, and specifically down in Swansea—very specifically—to develop as low a carbon as possible infrastructure for things like concrete and steel. You can't…
