, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Government Response to the ‘Developing the UK Emissions Trading Scheme’ Consultation
I very much welcome this statement. We have global warming and temperatures continue to rise. We're reaching the point of no return. Action on climate change is therefore imperative to preserve our planet for future generations. The weather in June has shown…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Update on Building Safety
I very much welcome this statement. Firstly, can the Minister confirm that, despite statements being spread on social media, there is no simple quick fix of just passing a law and it will all be done? Because I am—and I'm sure that the Minister is—fed up of…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'm asking for a statement on support for people with more that one neurological condition. People can have more than one of Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy—sometimes all three. The statement should include what additional support is available…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I want to raise the potential danger of polypharmacy. I, like others in this room, will know people who take eight or 10 different tablets a day, or have been prescribed eight or 10 different tablets a day and decide which ones to take. While the safety of…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Vulnerable older home owners living in homes unfit for human habitation
Thank you, again, Mabon, for giving me a minute in this debate. There are one-point-two million pensioners living in poverty. When the choice is between eating, heating or house repairs, is there any wonder house repairs lose out? Many older house owners live…
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1340, 'Stop the change of speed limits to 20mph on 17th September'
I'm speaking today because I drive at 20 mph or less on residential roads. I say that, because twice in the last month I would have been in a serious accident if I had driven at 30 mph. The first was on Pleasant Street, where my office is situated. Pleasant…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
I very much welcome the funding of a reporter to cover the Senedd. The written media, both online and on paper, generally provides very poor coverage of Senedd proceedings. The big improvement recently has been the expansion of Nation.Cymru, which now…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
You raised the subordinate legislation. On that, are there any areas of the cost assessed in the regulatory impact assessment, not already discussed, that may be impacted by secondary legislation?
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Your post-implementation review outlines an evaluation of implementation within five years. Given that the Bill aims to make the process more efficient, can you commit to that evaluation assessing the overall costs and benefits of the change?
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
It's very difficult here, when you have views on something, not to move away from the purely financial situation, and I'm doing my best.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I was going to say that we don't want to infringe on things that are nothing to do with us, so, 'Was finance an issue—yes or no?' is all we really can ask. Other committees will ask on the policy.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay, thank you. You considered and ultimately discounted two other options—that of establishing an independent consulting body and establishing a major infrastructure planning unit within the Welsh Government. I'd like to talk about the policy, but I'm only…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
You note that the new regime could result in additional development in Wales, but won't the effect of the regime be overwhelmed, in terms of economic development, by the economic conditions existing at the time?
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
I think they're already tarnished in the minds of many people.
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
But, in all seriousness, do you think there would be an opportunity now—a lot has happened in the last 10 years—to have another look at it?
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
We've had a very interesting discussion, and can I thank you very much for coming along, which I'm sure that the Chair's going to do? But everybody always ends with a 'but', don't they? It's 10 years since the report. Do we need a new one after all the things…
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
Yes, I'm content.
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
And within the nations.
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
But they were denied the opportunity to move money into reserves because they were going to move money over their reserve limit. That has actually happened and the Treasury took £155 million back. Should there be a limit on how much money can be put in…
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
I agree with you, and if you listened to what I said, I was talking about using borrowing at that time. But Peter used to be leader of Monmouthshire council; he had no limits on borrowing apart from that it had to be seen as being prudential, and he had no…
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
Okay. It’s certainly something I will be talking on again, and we haven’t got time to go into it in detail now because we’ve only got 22 minutes left. What I was going to ask you about was the Welsh Government’s borrowing limits, the Wales reserve; is it…
, Finance Committee
Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session
Can I start off with a statement? I still use your report and I still find it useful, and I still find it something very useful to quote from—not necessarily to the benefit of the Welsh Government or some of the opposition parties—but I welcome your report; I…
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
It will be noted.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cardiff Airport: Evidence session with Cardiff Airport and the Welsh Government
I'm sure that our researchers could produce those numbers, because they really are behind an awful lot of the answers you've given us.
