, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
Thank you. Andy, just before I come to you on this point, I'm just thinking about my personal experience here, as I see it. As a first-time home owner of a certain age, I get targeted with specific adverts from organisations, businesses, who are saying, 'You…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
Thank you. That segues quite nicely onto my next question. The Development Bank of Wales talked about hybrid funding, where there was an element of non-repayable funding alongside repayable funding. I was just wondering what your views on this funding model…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
Thank you for that, Andy. Kate, I saw you nodding along at some points there to what Andy was saying. What are your thoughts on this?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 5 - Green Finance
Diolch yn fawr, Gadeirydd. Good morning, panel. Talking about public investment, we have heard from a number of stakeholders that the Welsh Government should prioritise investment that leverages in private sector funding alongside it. Can I ask to what extent…
, Plenary
Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
Forgive me if I draw attention once more to the cross-party group on rural growth's inquiry into rural productivity, where I think there's an opportunity to tackle rural poverty by improving the prosperity of those who work and live in rural Wales. I wonder…
, Plenary
Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
Thank you, Cefin, for the opportunity to contribute this afternoon.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: GP practices and funding
I'm pleased to participate in today's debate, but, sadly, like all of us, far too many of my constituents are simply unable to receive the treatment and care they deserve. But, before I begin, may I take the opportunity to express my gratitude to all doctors…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
During the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee's evidence session on the sustainable farming scheme last week, Soil Association Cymru, representing the Welsh organic forum, stated that 'it's only recently that there's been this sort of recognition that…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The future of farming in Wales
Thank you very much, Cabinet Secretary, for your statement. Can I first start by thanking NFU Cymru, Farmers Union of Wales, the Tenant Farmers Association, common land associations, the Nature Friendly Farming Network, CLA Cymru, the organisers of the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
Fab. Thank you, Chair. Thank you very much.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
Okay, helpful. James, any closing remarks on this?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
Okay. Jemma, James, anybody want to add anything on that?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
Okay, just on that point, then, what's delivering that good practice? Is it good teachers who are aware of what's happening or aware of the opportunities, a curriculum that's delivering for them, or is it—we've seen examples of this in Pembrokeshire—where…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
Okay, that’s interesting. Thank you for that. And then we’ve heard the importance of teachers having a good understanding of these potential future opportunities, especially in terms of careers, but I was just wondering how important you think it is that…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
Okay. I can see heads nodding there.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
Okay.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
Okay, thank you. So, on the point then of that terminology around green jobs or green economy, green opportunities, has anybody got another potential descriptive word to call it? I know, Matt, you said about 'new' jobs. Is there something else that can be…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
It’s interesting, because, Matt, your point there about putting the ‘green’ tag on it sometimes leads to a bit of uncertainty—all the data shows that the younger generation are more in tune with climate change and all the potential issues around that than…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
Okay, thank you. Jemma.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Good afternoon, panel. Representing a constituency in rural west Wales, we see the change in demographics with young people leaving and the older generation there. And in terms of green skills and the opportunities around, for example, the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Brilliant. Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
That's really helpful. And then just going back to your initial point around the broader political ask that you mentioned, I take from that then that it's right that we look at the definition of sustainability not just being sustainability in terms of…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Thanks, Chair. It's really refreshing hearing this panel, actually, because as someone who comes from an agricultural background—touching on a previous point of Jenny's questions around reducing emissions technology—I don't think the SFS, in its current…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Thank you, James. Thank you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
And are there better ways, potentially, of delivering carbon sequestration than just tree planting, or is it a suite of measures that is required?
