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4,360 speeches and questions

8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
—albeit for 12 months as opposed to part of the year last year. That's an important point.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, proportionately, it's the same resource—
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Yes, obviously we had the initial assessor, then two deputies were added. I see from your paper that a third deputy—. It feels a bit like the Allbright bitter advert, where they were building an extension on the extension. [Laughter.] No, but it's all got a…
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
No, no, we're all very—. I've been harvesting seagrass seeds as well. The frustration is, of course, that much of it is subject to a bidding process for grants, meaning that there's no certainty as such, is there, despite our passions. Sometimes it wins…
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
We look forward to seeing that. Janet, you wanted to come in on this.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay. Diolch yn fawr. Joyce.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay. Diolch yn fawr. So, do you see any conflict between what you describe as ‘reduced demand’ for capital funding on waste projects, and achieving the 70 per cent statutory recycling target for 2025, because we only have four local authorities currently…
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay. Diolch yn fawr.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Julie.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Indeed, but, obviously, being a Wales-only scheme, then, that will bring with it, I presume, an element of increased cost.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
There we are, excellent. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Can I move on to waste, then? Because I just wanted to ask what assessment you've made of the resources needed to develop a Wales-only deposit-return scheme, and how is the budget providing for that?
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Consider it raised.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you. Speaking of biodiversity, Carolyn, are you going to take us into that area?
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you. Joyce.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay, thank you. Julie, did you want to come back on anything?
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I think Carolyn wants to come in, Julie.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay. Thank you. There we are. Okay. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Julie, we'll move on to you.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, those applications that were made for the grant scheme in this current financial year will just roll over to be considered as part of the wider scheme—
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
We were going to move on to coal tip safety.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
That's for another Minister, transport, isn't it? Transport isn't part of the portfolio of the Cabinet Secretary.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay, diolch, Joyce. Thank you. Right, we'll move on to Janet.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
There are indeed, yes.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
And we'll be coming to some of those particularly, as we proceed. Joyce, you wanted to come in and then we'll go on to the other areas of questioning that you have.
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Right. I said we had a lot of areas to cover, so I think we'll—I was going to say 'go straight into them', but—
8 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Happy new year.