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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 3 - Global perspective
So, quite a tailored approach, essentially, to that specific business.
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 3 - Global perspective
Diolch, Cadeirydd. If I could think about some of these capital products that are on offer with the bank, and specifically equity investments. Just to start off, what sort of information does the bank provide to any businesses that may be interested in taking…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Of course, we know the Welsh Government is very active in this sector, but I wanted to specifically ask about the role of Government and public sector finance in de-risking renewable energy projects. One thing that came across very clear to me in the Marine…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you for the response, Minister.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
3. Will the Minister make a statement on the Welsh renewable energy industry? OQ60886
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Topical Questions
For the record, I'd just like to declare that I'm a member of one of the sub-groups of the Port Talbot transition board. This, of course, is devastating news, and the feeling of anxiety, as has already been set out by Dai Rees, amongst the community and…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Rhun ap Iorwerth.
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Business Statement and Announcement
As we've already heard, the announcement by Tata in relation to the coke ovens means 200 jobs being lost, so I'd also like to call for a statement, either from the economy Minister or the education Minister, based on the information we've received today, to…
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Future of Welsh Steel: Secretary of State for Wales
Thank you.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Secretary of State for Wales
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I just wanted to pick up on something that you said in one of your responses to Alun Davies, specifically around that round-table with Aston Martin and Airbus. Obviously, those are companies that rely on steel as part of their product. I'm…
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Future of Welsh Steel: Secretary of State for Wales
Okay, good. Thank you.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Secretary of State for Wales
And just on that point around planning for the use of domestic steel within UK infrastructure projects, has that happened?
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Future of Welsh Steel: Secretary of State for Wales
One of the other suggestions on the table—I believe the unions made that suggestion; Tata have been open to it in the past—is a plate steel mill. Again, you know, we have that free-port status in Port Talbot, and one of the big benefits that's been talked…
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Future of Welsh Steel: Secretary of State for Wales
From hydrogen, yes. We had, again, evidence from Ben Burggraaf of Net Zero Industry Wales, which again highlighted Port Talbot as probably the best place to put a DRI plant if we were to put one in the UK, and then being that stepping stone to transitioning…
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Future of Welsh Steel: Secretary of State for Wales
Okay. So, thinking of additional investments, then, I'm going to bring you back to DRI. I accept what you said around sovereign capability and there are only certain places in the world where you can actually get the iron ore you would need to operate a DRI…
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Future of Welsh Steel: Secretary of State for Wales
Great. Could I suggest that we do that, Chair? One other thing we had in relation to scrap steel was from Professor Dave Worsley. In some of the evidence that he gave, he was suggesting that Port Talbot actually is quite ideally placed to be able to segregate…
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Future of Welsh Steel: Secretary of State for Wales
Diolch, Cadeirydd. If I could bring you back to the start, where we dipped our toes into discussions around the electric arc furnace and potential other investment, and I'm partly to blame for bringing that up right at the start as well. But we've already…
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Future of Welsh Steel: Secretary of State for Wales
It would all depend, of course, on how they managed that transition, and I think that's the key point here. It might not save jobs in the immediate term, but then of course those people who are losing jobs would then need to be retrained to work in that new…
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Future of Welsh Steel: Secretary of State for Wales
Yes.
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Future of Welsh Steel: Secretary of State for Wales
It was into hydrogen.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Future of Welsh Steel: Secretary of State for Wales
Diolch, Cadeirydd. If I could just come back to the question in relation to the comments by Professor David Worsley, to give a specific example, then, and focusing primarily on the steel sector, and greening the steel sector, I think he made reference to this…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Just for the record, I'm a member of one the sub-groups on the transition board.
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Debate on the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee Report, 'Town Centre Regeneration'
I really welcome the report by the committee, and I welcome the Welsh Government's response to the report as well, but, of course, this requires action to follow through on a number of ideas that have been raised in the report. I wanted to focus on three…
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Topical Questions
Members of the Fire Brigades Union have been clear that the appointment of Mr Millington is deeply disappointing, and I think what I'm trying to understand, and I think Members on these benches are trying to understand, is, essentially, how did we get to this…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
We all know that the Chancellor's budget reflected the gulf between the priorities of Westminster and the concerns of ordinary working people in Wales. It's incredibly concerning that the Chancellor has continued to press ahead with tax cuts at the expense of…
