, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Good morning and welcome to the meeting of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee at the Senedd. Welcome, Members, to this meeting. This is a meeting that's being held in a hybrid format and, aside from the adaptations relating to…
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Debate: Stage 4 of The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
This Bill, as we've just heard, has received cross-party support during its journey through the Senedd, but it's also been slightly contentious because of the Welsh Government insisted on using an expedited scrutiny process for it. Now, I'm not suggesting…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that response. I want to share with you the experience of a constituent of mine who's a nurse and suffers with carpal tunnel syndrome on both hands. That causes the hands to swell, it brings a burning pain and shooting pain up the arms up to the…
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Questions to the First Minister
4. Will the First Minister make a statement on the increased use of private health care by patients awaiting treatment on the NHS? OQ58843
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Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
And let's contrast what we have and what we have, is what I'm trying to say, because the shared prosperity fund is an unashamed political construct, hastily cobbled together to fill a vacuum left behind after Brexit, forcing, effectively, the recreation of a…
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Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
I thank the committee Chair and members for their work in this important area. For me, the starting point is to remind ourselves of some of the pledges made by the UK Government as we left the European Union, and just to evaluate to what extent those pledges…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you for that. Of course, it's devolved to Scotland. That allows them to create thresholds that better reflect the profile of taxpayers in Scotland. And if you look at the taxpayer profile in Wales, of course, the vast majority of them are in the basic…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
8. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of the devolution of setting income tax thresholds to Wales? OQ58797
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Okay, thank you for that, but I think we can surmise, therefore, that it isn't true to say that there isn't any at the moment. I respect your wish not to offer a running commentary, but when we have different messages coming from different people, I think we…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Diolch, Llywydd. Good afternoon, Minister. There was reference in this Chamber last week to work by the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee, scrutinising the Welsh Government's accounts for 2020-21, which found that there'd been an underspend…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Nurses' pay
Would you take a short intervention?
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I think you meant 230,000 children, rather than 230. I just want to highlight quite a serious issue, a case of a constituent of mine who has been waiting over three years for Welsh-medium swimming lessons for his children. A complaint was made to the language…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
7. What support is the Government providing to ensure that leisure activities through the medium of Welsh are available to children and young people? OQ58756
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
There's been much focus, of course, on floating offshore wind. It feels a bit like it's the flavour of the month, but it's hugely valid, of course—nobody is challenging that—particularly with the focus on the Celtic sea. But we mustn't forget, of course…
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Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Response to the UK Government Autumn Statement and Economic and Fiscal Forecasts
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Last week's autumn statement by the UK Chancellor, I think confirmed, didn't it, really, what we've feared for some time. In response to the absolute mess that they've made of the economy, the Tories have decided to unleash a new wave…
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Business Statement and Announcement
We've heard already today, of course, many references to Qatar's wholly unacceptable record on human rights, reflected in the way that many football supporters have been treated in the last 24 hours. Human rights abuses perpetrated by the Iranian Government…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
And I'm just wondering, even if you are given a three-year commitment from the UK Government, do you believe that three years is sufficient. I know there are practical difficulties, but surely some sort of indication in principle from the Government that, if…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
To what extent can you, once you know your budget, give a longer term indicative outline? Because clearly farming, of all sectors, they're going from a CAP regime where they had seven-year indication to 12 months if you're lucky.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Okay, thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
We have had one particular concern around the automated data, the satellite imagery and stuff, that has caused problems with Glastir. Would you intend to be pretty explicit in terms of where there's no fault of the individual necessarily, it's the system that…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Could I just pick up on that?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Okay. Thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
But you're still expecting possibly to bring amendments in relation to this.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Yes. I'm just concerned that this is a bit late in the day in terms of the work that this group is doing, because 30 per cent of farmers actually farm land in Wales that they don't own. It feels a bit like an afterthought. If we're talking about a third of…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Okay. Thank you.
