, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Funding beneficiaries
Thanks, James. I'm conscious of time, Chair, so I'll come to the FSB, if that's okay. The FSB said that the process and timescales for applying to the shared prosperity fund isn't SME-friendly. Could you explain why that is?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Funding beneficiaries
Thanks for that, Matthew. Is that reflected in the written evidence provided by CollegesWales then, James? Because there's specific mention—we've already touched on it a bit with the South Wales East region—that local authority projects are being prioritised…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Funding beneficiaries
Matthew?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Funding beneficiaries
Diolch, Gadeirydd. If I could stick with delivery of the shared prosperity fund, are there any areas where delivery is going well or is there particular cause for concern? I'm looking at the screen towards James, because James mentioned earlier the challenge…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I think it's worth us trying, as well, to look at what the likely impact of such a policy would be. I mean, it would solve a number of issues, really, wouldn't it, when you think about health in young people, giving young people, as well…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 2 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I think we're all in agreement here that people are really struggling at the moment, and it's good to hear that energy firms are wanting to do everything they can to make it easier for people. But I think it's fair to say, Chair, that the…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 2 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
I'm not sure if someone else wanted to come in before I moved on.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 2 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Does anyone else want to come in on that point?
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 2 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I am grateful for you guys' time today. I suppose I'm trying to work out whether or not you feel that you could actually say that you're confident that a situation like this wouldn't arise in the future. Because I've listened carefully to a…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 2 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Diolch, Gadeirydd. We just mentioned there the priority services register. I just want to get an understanding of why that wouldn't then be fit for purpose. We talked about the national register. Well, of course, if you get onto that priority services…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Perhaps a slightly unfair question to ask, then, but based on that final part of your final answer, is it that energy is viewed as something that companies should be allowed to make a profit on, or are we viewing energy as a fundamental human right in…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
And in terms of what Government can do around this particular topic.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
So, you're confident that we won't see a similar situation arise next winter.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
I suppose what I'm trying to get at here is: how can consumers trust that something like this isn't going to happen next winter or the winter after that? I mean, we had you saying earlier that Ofgem knew that this winter, or the winter that's just been, was…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
We established that the old rules weren't sufficient, in that sense, and I am hearing a lot of words like, 'We're going to ask them'—why not demand of them?
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
So, is that based on the old rules, or the new rules that have been put in place?
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Diolch, Gadeirydd. So, thinking about those now who have seen prepayment meters forcibly installed, will Ofgem now be going to energy providers and telling them to uninstall those forcibly installed prepayment meters? I mean, are consumers going to see some…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Of course, this comes back to the point that my colleague Rhys mentioned earlier, around how do energy companies assess that themselves, and you mentioned that you would expect them to have a certain level of expertise around making that decision. How would…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Diolch, Gadeirydd. You actually brought up a point that I was going to bring up anyway, but—. You mentioned that some campaign groups and consumer groups have informed stuff around the new code, but a lot of campaign groups have also said that the code…
, Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report—'From Five to Four? P-06-1247 Support trials of a four-day week in Wales'
Thanks for that intervention, Joel. It's for the exact reason that you set out there that we are asking for a pilot here. We are asking for a pilot in the public sector. There also is further work that needs to be done around a pilot in other sectors as well…
, Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report—'From Five to Four? P-06-1247 Support trials of a four-day week in Wales'
First, I'd like to thank the clerks for putting the report together, to thank the Chair for his diligent chairing of our evidence sessions, as well as the petitioner, Mark Hooper, who I know is really passionate about this particular cause. There have been a…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
The Welsh Government, of course, launched its voluntary code of practice for animal welfare establishments back in 2020, and it was a welcome step, but research from RSPCA Cymru suggests that this has never been referred to by approximately half of animal…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you for that response, Minister.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
5. Will the Minister provide an update on the regulation of animal welfare establishments? OQ59489
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Diolch, Gweinidog. There is pressure, of course, upon local authorities to reduce scope 3 emissions, those being emissions that they are indirectly responsible for up and down the supply chain through their purchased goods and services. Of course, budgets are…
