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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
We do, indeed, but you're right to say there's huge disparity, isn't there, not only in terms of performance and ambition, but certainly in terms of the coverage to start with, where some areas have a town and community council, others don't. I think about…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. Minister, you will recall, I know, in 2020, Audit Wales found that a third of town and community councils in Wales had their accounts qualified—deemed unacceptable, of course—and in the 2017 local elections over two thirds of seats…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee report: Report on the Welsh Government’s marine policies
Yes. And lay off the salmon. Good, good. And I think the point on spatial planning is important—terrestrial spatial planning, and then we have marine spatial planning. Well, surely there shouldn't be a disconnect either. We need that seamless spatial planning…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee report: Report on the Welsh Government’s marine policies
On bottom trawling, again, a number of Members raised that, and I think it is something that we've been grappling with for a long, long time, and we would all wish to be further ahead than we are at the moment. I'm glad to hear that the Minister's pledging to…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee report: Report on the Welsh Government’s marine policies
Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. I won't repeat the points that have been made, just thank the Minister and everybody else for their contributions. I think the nature of the discussion reflects how broad are the areas that this short inquiry…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee report: Report on the Welsh Government’s marine policies
That leads seamlessly on to the next part of my contribution. You are right; it isn't a binary choice of one or the other, but it's making sure that we have the frameworks and the strategies and the policies in place to make sure that these developments…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee report: Report on the Welsh Government’s marine policies
A second focus for the committee was the progress of the marine renewable energy sector. I should say here that we welcome the efforts of Ministers, through the deep dive into renewable energy, to remove some of the barriers to development. Members will have…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee report: Report on the Welsh Government’s marine policies
Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer, and thank you for the opportunity to discuss the content of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee's report on the marine policies of the Welsh Government, because, early in this Senedd…
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Topical Questions
Well, it's not working. [Inaudible.]—is not working. [Inaudible.]—10 years. [Inaudible.]
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Topical Questions
We've heard this before.
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Topical Questions
Patients in north Wales have been promised improvements for years on end, and they just never seem to materialise. You tried special measures, and it failed; you tried all sorts of heightened interventions and they're clearly not delivering. Just a few weeks…
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Topical Questions
Well, how many times have I heard that answer before, Minister? Another scandal, another damning report, another urgent question in the Senedd, and another poor response, I'm afraid, by the Government. We're going around in circles here, aren't we? We are…
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Topical Questions
2. Will the Minister make a statement on Healthcare Inspectorate Wales's (HIW) decision that Ysbyty Glan Clwyd's emergency department has been identified as requiring significant improvement? TQ624
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
We will therefore move to private session, and I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix), that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of the meeting. Are Members content? Everyone is content. Okay, we'll move to…
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Papers to note
The committee will therefore move to item 4. There are four papers to note and they are 4.1 to 4.3 in the main pack, and paper 4.4 in the supplementary pack. Are Members happy to note? Yes. Thank you.
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Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Excellent. Well, I think we as a committee have had an opportunity to discuss all the areas we wanted to discuss with you, so may I thank you very much for your evidence this morning? We've had two excellent sessions, I believe, to kick off this work. As I…
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Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Okay. Thank you very much. Huw.
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Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
A hundred and forty—?
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Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
So, what does the Welsh Government need to do, then, in terms of using its regulatory powers to maybe improve the commercial viability of broadband roll-out? Those are the kinds of things that we need to pose to them.
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Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
So, is it fair to say that there is less competition in Wales, for example, compared to the rest of the UK?
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Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Okay. Elinor, do you want to add anything?
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Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Okay. Connie.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Yes, please do.
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Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Well, this is taking us on now to the next area of questioning, actually, so it's really good that we're going there. So, I'll invite Joyce, maybe, to come in with a few questions.
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Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2
Okay. Huw.
