, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Thank you. Janet, did you want to come back in on something? And then we'll come back to Huw.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Excellent. We will indeed be pursuing some of those points, as well, in a moment, but I'll come to Huw.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Okay. And we'll come on to some of those individual issues, I'm sure. Dr Jenkins.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
We move on to the second item where, of course, we're holding our first evidence session relating to the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill as part of Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bill. You'll remember that we received evidence from the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Okay, thank you very much.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
There we are, okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Good morning. Welcome, all, to the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee at the Senedd. Welcome, Members, to the meeting. This is, of course, is being held in a hybrid format, and, aside from the adaptations relating to conducting…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Decarbonising the private housing sector'
So, may I thank everyone who’s contributed to the debate? May I also thank all of the stakeholders who provided the committee with evidence, and thank the clerking team for all their support? The benefits of delivering this retrofit agenda, as we know, do…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Decarbonising the private housing sector'
Joyce, as always, reminds us of the danger of a skills deficit in this context. You know, who's going to do this work that we're asking people to undertake? And having those clear pathways and targets to ensure that pipeline in terms of a workforce coming…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Decarbonising the private housing sector'
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you to everyone who's contributed to the debate. I will just highlight and focus on a few points and develop them further as I conclude. Thank you to Janet for her contribution. She reminded us that the clock is ticking…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Decarbonising the private housing sector'
To sum up, there's a sense that the Welsh Government is kicking some of the tough decisions down the road when it comes to decarbonising the private housing sector. In the committee's view, it can't afford to do that. No matter how often the Welsh Government…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Decarbonising the private housing sector'
Now, first of all, on the matter of a strategy, while stakeholders acknowledged the commitments made in 'Net Zero Wales', they called for a comprehensive, long-term strategy or plan for decarbonising the sector, not least to send a clear signal to consumers…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Decarbonising the private housing sector'
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. Thank you for the opportunity to open the debate on this important report. Wales has 1.4 million homes and they account for 11 per cent of our overall carbon emissions. Now, 1.1 million of those homes are privately owned…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you for answering that question, Minister. Everyone sees examples—some more unfortunate that others—of mistranslations or spelling errors from time to time. They can be amusing at first sight, but of course they do send a very unfortunate message in…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
The website is wrong, therefore.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
9. How does the Welsh Government encourage and ensure Welsh language linguistic accuracy by public bodies in Wales? OQ59444
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
9. How does the Welsh Government encourage and ensure—
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I think it's question 8, Llywydd.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Update on Local Tax Reform
I'll move on to a few specific questions. I'm just looking for some clarity. You say that this new system will be ready by April 2025. Is that ready in terms of the work that we as parliamentarians need to do, or will it be introduced on the ground from April…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Update on Local Tax Reform
Plaid Cymru made it clear in our Senedd election manifesto that the council tax, as it is, is out of date, it's regressive and it's distortionary. The values of properties in different parts of Wales, of course, have changed in very different ways over the 20…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Update on Local Tax Reform
Thank you to the Minister for her statement. I warmly welcome the statement, because it does show that we are moving in the direction that Plaid Cymru has wanted this Government to move in for many years now, that's towards a local taxation system that is…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Therefore, I propose, in accordance with Standing Orders 17.42(vi) a (ix), that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of the meeting. Are Members content? Yes, all content. Thank you very much. We'll wait a second until the meeting goes…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
And, therefore, the next item is to move into private session.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
Okay, the committee will continue, then, with our meeting, and you'll note, under item 4, that there are a number of papers for us to note. Are Members happy for us to note them collectively—11 papers in total? There we are. Okay, diolch yn fawr.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions
Excellent. Okay, well, can I thank the four of you for appearing before us this morning? We really appreciate the evidence that you've given us. As I told Tata previously, there's a lot for us to chew on there, and I'm sure much of it will be reflected in our…
