, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Could I just ask—? We've focused, obviously, quite a bit on energy policy in our discussions and in relation to your discussions with the UK Government. Are there any other policy areas aside from energy, obviously, that are being focused upon?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Okay. Jenny very briefly, and then we'll move on to Luke.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Okay, thank you. Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Okay. Did you want to come in?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Sure, okay. Thank you. Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Okay. Well, that's your view. We need to move on. Before I come to Janet to take us on to talk about energy prices, which I know is a key issue that we need to discuss, can I just ask in what way, if any, would your different preferred options affect your…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Yes, I know, fair play. Back to you, Jenny.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Sorry, Jenny. Huw, did you want to come in on this specific point?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Absolutely. Okay, thank you very much. Jenny.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
It is, and it gives an important context to all of this.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Thank you for that. Huw.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Well, I think you've said July, haven't you? You've said July.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Okay. Thank you, Luke. Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Okay, we'll come back to some of those points in a minute. Luke.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
But you see the discussions with the UK Government and the discussions with the Welsh Government as very discrete, separate processes.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Is the Welsh Government involved in any way with the discussions with the UK Government as well, in terms of what they could bring to the table or to add value in other ways?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Okay, thank you. Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
That would be really useful, yes, thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
Okay, thank you. Huw.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
So, the road map is pretty fluid, dependent on those discussions, then.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel
So, on we go to the main focus of the meeting. We are of course doing a piece of work this morning, looking at decarbonisation of the steel industry in Wales, and concerns have been raised in that context, for many reasons, and there will be an opportunity…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you, all.
, 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
There we are. Okay. Luke.
