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Business Statement and Announcement
Could I ask for a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning, please, on the process of applying for and receiving a blue badge for people with disabilities? Now, obviously, they're the badges that people are given to…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Report on rail services and Transport for Wales’ performance 2023-24'
Carolyn mentioned customer satisfaction data. There are different interpretations of maybe what certain organisations and the work that has happened are telling us, but we all want to see more people choosing to use the trains, don't we, and, in order for…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Report on rail services and Transport for Wales’ performance 2023-24'
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd, and may I thank everyone who's contributed to this debate?
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Report on rail services and Transport for Wales’ performance 2023-24'
As Members will see in the report, one of our primary concerns has been the transparency of the budget-setting process. We have recommended that TfW should publish its business and financial plans before each financial year, and this will facilitate better…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Report on rail services and Transport for Wales’ performance 2023-24'
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. This is the second report on Transport for Wales and rail services that the committee has published during this Senedd term. Before addressing the specific issues raised in the report, it is important to acknowledge that…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
Well, as much as I'm glad to hear all of that, you might be aware that approximately 1,200 workers at Rowan Foods in Wrexham are facing an uncertain future due to plans by the owners, Oscar Mayer, to make workers redundant and change working conditions, and…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
4. What discussions has the Cabinet Secretary had with employers and trade unions to promote fair work and encourage better working conditions for workers in North Wales? OQ61378
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
A number of care homes across north Wales have contacted me recently raising concerns about the state of the sector's funding. Care homes receive less funding from Betsi Cadwaladr for the provision of continuing healthcare than they receive from local…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
6. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the consistency of care funding within the care homes system in North Wales? OQ61377
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Partnership approach to the new compulsory Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Scheme
May I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his statement? I've been a keen supporter of the BVD eradication scheme from the days before it even existed. And, of course, I was very pleased to see that the scheme had come into being, and I want to take this…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Could I request a statement, again, from the Cabinet Secretary for climate change, but this time regarding industrial pollution from the Kronospan site in Chirk in my region? Now, in recent months, long-standing problems with emissions from the site have…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the start of the meeting on 18 July
So, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix), that the committee resolves to meet in private for the start of the next meeting on 18 July, if Members are content to do so. Yes, content. Thank you very much. And so we have come to the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
Thank you very much.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
Note the papers, yes?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
We have another item on the agenda, which is papers to note. Could I invite the Members to note papers 6.1 to 6.6? Are you content to do so?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. We're grateful to you and your officials for your evidence. We've gone through a lot of areas within your portfolio, and we're very grateful. You will have a draft of the transcript to check for accuracy, but, with that, thank…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Okay. Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Because your predecessor said that that transition could happen as part of the roll out, or the bus franchising evolution, if you like. So, do you still see that as being a conduit to achieving some of this?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
We do have about eight minutes left, so Joyce, I was hoping maybe we'd go back to the decarbonisation of public transport, if you want to come in on this one.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Great. Okay. Thank you very much. That's very positive. Okay, thank you very much.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Yes, and you read my mind because I'm thinking even further ahead. We know that the under-19s Euros is coming to north Wales in 2026, and across the north Wales region. Now, we tend to think of major events and we think Cardiff, don't we? Any planning, or are…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
And in fairness, credit where credit’s due, I think as a committee we do feel that major events have improved. We don't expect everything to go swimmingly all the time, but I think there are avoidable things that you can manage, and scheduling and all that is…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
We as a committee have raised regularly concerns about major events and failings that we've seen in the past. What's your assessment now of where TfW is in relation to those major events, particularly some that have been held in recent weeks?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
I can speak from experience: it has improved. North-south has improved, albeit not without glitches, because I was stuck, along with another 100 passengers, on Ludlow platform for an hour because there was a fault with a train. We all had to alight and wait…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Sure. Okay. Janet.
