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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Thank you, Janet, and I do concur, you're right. A very interesting point about the drivers for repair, actually. That's something that maybe is a whole other day's inquiry, potentially, but thank you for that. Keith.
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
That's a really interesting point—
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Okay. Jemma, do you want to respond to that? What I would say is that there are queues outside Ruthin Repair Cafe every time they meet, so, that's a positive, isn't it? And they can do some of that, the PAT testing and everything as well.
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Clarissa, would you like to start on this one? There we are.
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Okay. Thank you for that. We've got about 15 minutes left, and I know there are two or three other areas that we wish to cover. So, I'll come on to Janet next, and, obviously, everybody will have an opportunity to respond if needed. Janet.
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Okay. And it's certainly something that we can ask local government colleagues later on as well.
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Sure. Okay, thank you. Before we come on to Janet, I don't want us just to skirt past green skills, because, obviously, having a workforce with the necessary skills is important. Is there anything you want to share with us on that front, in terms of is there…
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Okay. Thank you. Jemma.
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Gwen and then Jemma.
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Okay. Thank you, and sorry I interjected there.
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Yes. Because Carolyn was particularly keen to see more being done now in this post-COVID era to keep people on the straight and narrow, and obviously onwards and upwards from there, really, so would you say that that is happening then? Maybe not sufficiently…
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Just on that, and I know you have more to add, Carolyn Thomas can't be with us for this particular session, but she was particularly keen to ask about, and you referenced earlier, the impact COVID has had, and that people have reverted to maybe not being as…
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Who wants to go on that? Yes, go on.
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Okay. Thank you. Any other reflections, or are you all on the same page on this? Yes, I think you are. Okay. Rhianon.
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Thank you for that. We'll move on to Rhianon.
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
I see. The volume of waste isn't really impacted. Clarissa, do you have anything to add to that?
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Just out of interest, is there anything that shows or points to the impact that the cost-of-living crisis is having on food waste? Because you'd imagine that people would be a bit more careful in terms of what they buy and how much food they waste, for…
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Shall we start with somebody else this time? Do you want to come in on that?
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
We may well do so now, because I'll invite Janet to come in and ask us a few questions.
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Sure. Okay, thank you, Clarissa. Anything to add?
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Sure. Okay, fine. Very, briefly, then, Clarissa and maybe Jemma, and then we'll come on to Janet.
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
—in order to keep the lights on, as it were? No, okay. Fine. Anything to add? Then we'll move on to Janet in a moment, but—
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We won't end up importing waste—
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
So, you're confident that this is a stopgap, but not something that will just become the norm?
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Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts
Any concerns around that, because they generate a need for waste, to an extent, don't they?
