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Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 3 - Independent experts
Okay. Thank you. Alison.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 3 - Independent experts
Thanks very much, Chair. Just one quick final question from me on the announcement of the new First Minister this week. He pledged to prioritise supporting the green economy in his manifesto, but what would the panel suggest should be his top investment…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 3 - Independent experts
Okay. Thank you, Derek. Any of the panel want to add on that? No. Back to you, Chair. Thank you very much.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 3 - Independent experts
Okay. Thank you. And staying with you, Derek, you've said that your team will focus on addressing cultural barriers to change, such as, and I'm quoting, 'outdated concepts of economic growth at any cost.' I'm just wondering how you propose to undertake this…
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Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 3 - Independent experts
Okay. Thank you. Derek, anything on those points? Otherwise, I've got a specific question for you in your capacity as future generations commissioner.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 3 - Independent experts
Okay. Helpful. Alison, anything to add?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 3 - Independent experts
Okay, thanks. Jack, anything to add on those two points?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 3 - Independent experts
Are you sure?
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Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 3 - Independent experts
Okay. Helpful.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 3 - Independent experts
In terms of planning and consenting being a barrier, what suggestions would you give to the Welsh Government to alleviate that?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 3 - Independent experts
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Good afternoon, panel, and thanks for joining us. Ned, sticking with you, if I may, what would you say are the greatest barriers Wales faces in transitioning to a green economy and how do you think these should be addressed?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Development Bank of Wales inquiry - Panel 4 - Global perspective
Thank you, Karen, that's really helpful. Thank you, Chair.
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry - Panel 4 - Global perspective
Thank you. Just one final question, more broadly, given that development banks across the world, and here in Wales with the Development Bank of Wales—. I was just wondering whether BDC has learnt or taken or adopted anything that it has seen from other…
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry - Panel 4 - Global perspective
Okay, thank you. What do you see the benefits being to both BDC and the complainant of the approach that you've just set out there in handling complaints?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Development Bank of Wales inquiry - Panel 4 - Global perspective
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Good morning to you, Karen; thank you very much for joining us here in Wales, albeit digitally. Thank you very much for that. I'm going to ask a couple of questions around complaints and handling of complaints, if that's okay. I'd be…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 2 - Alternative Models of Ownership
Okay. Thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 2 - Alternative Models of Ownership
Yes, no problem. So, you've said that social enterprise has faced barriers to decarbonisation, such as time, a lack of staff resource, and that the locations of some social enterprises present issues. I'm just wondering what Cwmpas would suggest needs to be…
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Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 2 - Alternative Models of Ownership
Okay. Thank you. Sarah, anything to add on that point?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 2 - Alternative Models of Ownership
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I've got two questions—one each—but feel free to jump in off the back of either's answers to these. But firstly, to Benedict if I may: you've said that increased start-up finance, particularly grant finance, would help community energy…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 1 - Business and Renewables
Thank you, Ben. Thank you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 1 - Business and Renewables
Jess mentioned the Erebus project. The previous First Minister, Mark Drakeford, mentioned in the Chamber around projects being able to help the consenting with the data that they gather themselves. Is that touching on what you just mentioned there as an…
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Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 1 - Business and Renewables
And just one further question quickly—
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 1 - Business and Renewables
Ben, coming to you and Net Zero Industry Wales, and touching on what Jess has mentioned there with regard to planning and consenting being a barrier to developing the green economy—and, again, Jess mentioned the underresourcing of not just the Welsh…
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Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 1 - Business and Renewables
Thanks, Jess. Felix, you wanted to come back on that point.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Panel 1 - Business and Renewables
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Thank you, panel, for joining us this morning. Jess, if I could focus my first question to you, if that's okay, as RenewableUK Cymru, you've said that Wales is being left behind on renewable energy when compared to other parts of the UK, as…
