30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Higher Education
Sorry to cut across there. If we have those case studies, then, how do we better engage the public as to the benefits of R&D, R&I? How do we better tell the story so that academia and investment in R&D isn't seen in isolation as to the day-to-day tangible…
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Higher Education
Okay. Thank you. Roger.
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Higher Education
Okay. Thank you. I asked the previous panel—and it's an extension of this question, really—around the commercialisation and the day-to-day benefits that people feel from R&D, and how we can link the two together more so that the public know of the ownership…
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Higher Education
Okay, thank you. Lewis.
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Higher Education
Okay, thank you.
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Higher Education
By all means, Amanda, thank you.
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Higher Education
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. Good morning, panel; thanks very much for joining us this morning. I'm going to focus around collaboration between higher education and industry, if that's okay. For whoever wants to pick this question up first, how would you…
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Funding bodies
Okay, thank you. Thank you very much, Chair.
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Funding bodies
Because the latest example would be the transatlantic flight that had biofuel. The story around that leans in, Dean, to that story of how it's tangible to the day-to-day lives of an individual, but there are years of research and development that have gone in…
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Funding bodies
Thank you, Dean. Dan.
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Funding bodies
Yes, I'll hand over to Dean.
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Funding bodies
Okay, thank you. Just to extend this question a little bit further, then—and it may be more of a question for a later panel today—but, Harriet, you mentioned the word 'commercialisation', and sometimes from the outside looking in, R&D is seen in isolation…
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Funding bodies
Lovely. Thank you, Dan. Dean, anything to add?
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Funding bodies
Okay. Thank you. Dan.
30 November 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Research and Development: Funding bodies
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. Good morning, panel. I'm going to look specifically around collaboration between higher education and industry, firstly to Harriet. What role do you see public funding bodies playing in terms of facilitating greater collaboration…
29 November 2023 , Plenary
Short Debate: The importance of grass-roots rugby in communities
Thank you, James, for giving me a minute of your time. I've spoken before about the backroom staff, the coaches, the parents, the supporters who keep grass-roots clubs alive, but I want to spend my minute focusing on the sponsors, those local businesses who…
29 November 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Small businesses
Well, I've learnt from the Member for Blaenau Gwent that I'll keep going for as long as I want. But it wasn't Brexit—. We who voted for Brexit, it was the largest democratic decision made by the people of the United Kingdom. And talking about trade…
29 November 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Small businesses
It's a pleasure to close today's debate. Small businesses are, as have been mentioned throughout the debate today, the cornerstone, the bedrock, the foundation of our economy here in Wales. Small businesses are the heartbeat of the Welsh communities, and both…
29 November 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Small businesses
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. It's a pleasure to reply to this debate.
29 November 2023 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Wales-Ireland relations: Exploring an old relationship in a new age'
I’m grateful for the opportunity to contribute on this committee report today. As someone who has strong links in terms of previous employment, having worked on the ferries crossing the Irish sea back and forth between Pembrokeshire and Rosslare, I saw from a…
29 November 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I‘m grateful to Luke Fletcher for submitting this question. Having looked at the report and the summary of the recommendations—the need for leadership and a strategic approach, a grid fit for the future of Wales, a built environment, community benefit and…
22 November 2023 , Plenary
Short Debate: Safeguarding mistreated animals—Providing the RSPCA with statutory powers
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. And I’m grateful for the chance to bring this short debate forward this evening, and I’m very pleased to give Carolyn Thomas and Huw Irranca-Davies a minute of my time. As I’ve often said in this Chamber, I’m an advocate of…
22 November 2023 , Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1356, 'Introduce comprehensive safety measures at the A477 "Fingerpost" junction'
I'm grateful for the opportunity to contribute to today's debate on the petition calling for the introduction of comprehensive safety measures at the A477 Fingerpost junction in my Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency—timely, given that we…
22 November 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
I believed that—. Well, it is believed that long COVID is caused by blood clotting becoming hyperactive and creating micro clots in the small blood vessels resulting in a lack of oxygen reaching organs in the body. One way of treating patients is by using a…
22 November 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you for that response, Minister.
