, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Good. Okay. Delyth, do you want to come in, and then we'll come back to Jenny?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
I was going to ask Olwen to come in first, yes. Olwen.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Delyth has asked to come in as well here, but—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Yes, okay. Thank you for that. Right, Jenny.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Can I just ask, then—? There's a bit of a plethora of groups and committees going on here. Can you tell us a bit about any sort of pressure that's putting on Welsh Government resource?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Fine. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Delyth.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
And, I'm sure, mindful of the fact that we would probably need a bit of time, sometime, to do that, because I know we're having to deal with so many at the moment, and I know it's because it's the start of this process, but it is very challenging for…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Okay, thank you. Can I ask, then, just in terms of this committee, and other Senedd committees as well, how you intend to keep us informed of the operation of the frameworks, in terms of looking forward, obviously, because they will be reviewed—they're going…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Janet—we're in a meeting, Janet. I would appreciate it if you actually listened to what the Minister has to tell us. It's your question next.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. That's a positive start to the meeting, and I'm sure we'll go into detail during this session. So, we'll go to Janet next.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Provisional Common Frameworks: Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides—evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
We move on, therefore, to the focus of this meeting, which is to take evidence from the Minister for Climate Change on the work of creating provisional common frameworks on air quality and chemicals and pesticides. And for those who are perhaps viewing this…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, all, to the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee at the Senedd. Welcome to all of you who are joining us. May I explain that this meeting is a bilingual one and there is simultaneous translation available from Welsh to English?…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Government funding
May I thank everyone who's contributed to the debate so far? I think it's a valuable debate, and I'm sure Mike must feel it's Christmas come early. He has a debate on PR and the funding of local government; you’d only need a debate on Swansea City AFC, and…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
The Act that allows the move to PR has been passed, I understand that, but the question I ask, and what I haven't heard from the Minister in her response, is: so, what's going to drive that change? Where is the incentive for councils to really tackle this…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
No, sorry, Mike—I am up against time, I'm afraid.
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
The Act that—
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
Well, I can quote back to you the LSE, but I'll share the link with you, and it's pretty clear that the first claim often made is that the use of STV led to low turnout, and that's palpably untrue. So, I suppose it's lies, damned lies, and statistics on both…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
Do I have time for an intervention, Llywydd?
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
May I first of all thank everyone who has contributed to this debate? I am aware that the clock is against me, but I will try and respond to some of the points that haven't been covered. It's good to see that Gareth Davies has returned to the Chamber, having…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
The question the Conservatives should be asking isn't how do we stop cars from idling, it's how do we stop cars getting on the road in the first place. And the Deputy Minister is right. It's the broader question here of: are we serious about climate change?…
, Plenary
Debate: The Police Settlement 2022-23
I'm just wondering whether you feel that if the police were properly funded by the UK Government, then the Welsh Government wouldn't need to bail them out and provide that?
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Debate: The Police Settlement 2022-23
Would you take an intervention?
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Debate: The Police Settlement 2022-23
We mustn't look at it in isolation. We need to look, of course, more broadly beyond the settlement at the wider role that Welsh Government has in tackling some of the root causes of crime, and the core budgets from Welsh Government really need to make sure…
, Plenary
Debate: The Police Settlement 2022-23
May I also echo the Minister's thanks to the police for the work that they have done and do, particularly during the very challenging circumstances over the past year or two? We won't be opposing the motion before us today, but I do have a few comments to…
, Plenary
Tributes to Aled Roberts
Thank you, Llywydd. Well, the appallingly sad news of the loss of Aled came as a huge shock to many of us, of course. I was aware that he hadn't been in the best of health over the past 12 months, but when the news broke yesterday, we were all shaken by the…
