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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Policy
Diolch, Delyth. Well, just to address that last one first, we thought very carefully about whether I should go to COP27, or indeed, the First Minister should go, but I'm actually attending COP15 in Canada—the biodiversity COP—which is a decision-making COP…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Policy
Well, Janet, as always, I really feel the need to start by reminding you that you’re a Tory, and that the Tory Government is the one that removed the investment from Wylfa. Maybe we should just buy you a little history of the last 15 years and give it to your…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Policy
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. As global leaders meet in Egypt for COP27, I am pleased to be able to update Members on how we will continue to lead the transition from fossil fuels to an energy system based on renewables. While messages from the UK Government have…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Welsh Homes
I'd be more than happy to meet with you and the council, and the developer, indeed, Sarah. We have brought forward changes to Part L of the building regulations. They are technology neutral, so we're saying that they need a 37 per cent change in the…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Welsh Homes
Well, you sort of answered your own question a little bit there, Mark. But, as I said before, we are absolutely looking at a fabric-first, worst-first kind of approach, but it's very difficult to just target one house sometimes. So, in my statement, I alluded…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Welsh Homes
Just on that last one: it's a great scheme, isn't it? So, the kind of collective action that you get when you're able to implement the sorts of collective energy efficiency schemes that you get in that instance is an example, and we're hoping to roll that…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Welsh Homes
Thanks very much for that. As I said to a couple of other people as well, first off to say that the new programme will begin before next winter. So, we will procure it and start it before next winter, just to be really clear, and there's a clear timetable for…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Welsh Homes
Yes, Sam, I think we absolutely do need to look at an incentive programme for people. One of the mysteries of the world to me—you and I have discussed this when you had a previous hat on, as did I—is why house prices don't reflect various improvements. So, a…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Welsh Homes
A very short answer, Jenny, is because we haven’t yet got all the learning out of ORP. So, the energy advice service is there to help owner-occupiers, but we’d like that to be much more specific, and we want to be sure that, when it is specific, it’s correct…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Welsh Homes
Two years.
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Welsh Homes
Diolch yn fawr, Mabon. Just to say, I agree with much of what you say, in terms of the detrimental effect of poor housing on health. There's much evidence to show that housing is one of the most fundamental things that can improve quality of life and quality…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Welsh Homes
Thank you, Janet. I'm not entirely certain where the questions were in that. But, just to say a couple of things, you should be very careful about statistics; they're very deceptive. You chose to look at the percentage of houses at EPC C, but, of course…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Welsh Homes
We will continue to learn from previous and current programmes. Multiple Welsh and UK schemes have delivered real benefit for vulnerable households. However, we are dealing with the legacy of some very poorly designed and delivered schemes from a decade ago…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Welsh Homes
Diolch, Llywydd. The cost-of-living crisis is in large part driven by energy price increases affecting the price of all consumables. Whilst this is having a detrimental effect on all our living standards, it is having a devastating effect on households who…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Public Sector Role in the Future Energy System
Yes, absolutely, Alun. So, as I say, this is one of the strands of things that we need to do to come together to be able to deliver the kind of energy grid across Wales that we want. So, the urban initiatives are really interesting. We expect a large-scale…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Public Sector Role in the Future Energy System
Thank you very much, Jane, for that. I'm very pleased, as I say, delighted, to be announcing this, what is a really long-term investment for the people of Wales. I'm sure it won't be controversial, no matter who comes after us as the Government, because we…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Public Sector Role in the Future Energy System
Yes, thank you, Jenny. Absolutely right. I completely agree with all of that. There are some really good examples, though, around Wales, that we direct people to. So, Pen y Cymoedd, I don't know if you've managed to go up there, but it's well worth a visit…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Public Sector Role in the Future Energy System
Thank you very much, Peter. I very much do remember that, with great pleasure as well. And one of the things we want to do is to assist councils to bring forward renewable energy schemes that do a number of other things as well—so, for example, enhance…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Public Sector Role in the Future Energy System
Thank you very much, Huw. So, obviously, I'm not going to comment on that particular one, but just in general, one of the reasons we want a state player owned by us, the citizens of Wales, is to put pressure on all the other developments across Wales to show…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Public Sector Role in the Future Energy System
And I for one am very grateful to them indeed, Llywydd, because I’m afraid my Welsh isn’t up to discussing renewable deep-dives at the moment, much as I wish it was. So, Delyth, I’m very grateful indeed for those remarks. You covered quite a big area in quite…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Public Sector Role in the Future Energy System
Thank you, Janet. I think most of the thrust of your contribution there was around the energy efficiency service, which is obviously not what this statement is primarily about. We obviously work with the energy efficiency service to make sure that we can get…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Public Sector Role in the Future Energy System
Thank you, acting Presiding Officer. We have spent a great deal of time in this Chamber talking about the cost-of-living crisis, which is directly related to the major increase in the cost of energy. Keeping British people locked into the price of fossil…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
So, Dirprwy Lywydd, I've very much run out of time now, although I have taken a number of interventions. In the short term available, I've briefly set out some of the key actions we've taken in line with the committee's recommendations. We published a…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
You're retracting it. Another u-turn by the Conservatives, right here on the floor. [Laughter.]
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
Diolch, Dirprwy Llywydd. I very much welcome the opportunity to respond to this debate today, and I very much thank the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee for their very valuable report. The crisis that the Chair identified in his…
