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Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

6,434 speeches and questions

16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Okay. Thank you so much. We'll move on to Jenny then.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Yes, one more and then we'll move to Jenny.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
No, you haven't, I'm afraid; it's Joyce. And we clarified that before the start of the meeting.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
No, sorry, Janet, you've had your opportunity. I'm going to pass over to Joyce now.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
—because we are going to drill down into it.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Yes, we'll pick up on it in a minute—
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Okay.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
There we are. Those are the kinds of answers we like. Okay, thank you. Right. Janet, back to you.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
No, that's all right—it was very useful and interesting.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Yes, Tony.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Okay, thank you. Huw.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Okay. There we are, thank you. Janet. There we are.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Good. That's good to hear. Okay, thank you. Huw.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
And where would you say we are in that context then? Are we ahead of the game or are we catching up?
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Sure, okay. And before I come to Huw then, just finally from me, as a collective, the NHS is working towards this target, but what about your interaction with the wider public sector in this sphere then? Can you tell us a little bit about collaboration more…
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Sure.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
And your context is slightly different in that it's a 34 per cent target, isn't it?
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
So, just sticking with the bigger picture, then, really, I mean, a simple question, although maybe not easy to answer: is the 2030 target or ambition of net zero in the public sector feasible? Is it achievable, or should it be reviewed?
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Okay, we're going to drill down into some of these areas as we go along.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)
Welcome back to the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee at the Welsh Parliament. We move forward to our fourth item on the agenda this morning. We are going to take evidence, as part of our work on decarbonising the public sector, from…
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)
And these are issues that we as a committee, of course, have been deliberating and we'll continue to do so. Can I thank both Mary Ann and Andrew for joining us this morning and reminding us it is a wider societal challenge that we are facing, but, clearly…
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)
We don't have time, no.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)
Let's give the last word to Mary Ann, then, on this.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)
Sure. Okay. Jenny. Thank you, yes.
16 March 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)
Okay. Well, we've come to the end a bit sooner than I had anticipated, to be honest. I don't know if any Members have anything else to raise? Yes, Huw.