, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Yes, just on that. It's a pity the statement couldn't have been this afternoon.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Great. And have applications to the coal tip safety grant scheme outstripped the amount of funding the Welsh Government has allocated? And, if so, how is coal tip safety being ensured in the absence of funding being available through the scheme?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay, thanks. The published BEL tables show revenue funding for coal tip safety at £4.24 million, but page 3 of your paper states it is £5.84 million. Could you confirm which is the correct amount?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you. And can you explain the breakdown of the £102 million the Welsh Government says it has allocated to coal tip safety in this Senedd term?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I'll catch you later, don't worry. Can you clarify how much funding the UK Government allocated for coal tip safety in its autumn budget? Was it £25 million or £36 million, as both figures are referenced in your paper?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
What page number? Oh, yes, sorry.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Well, where am—? Sorry.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you, Chair. Your paper says that local authority bids to the various local transport grants will be submitted—
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: Port of Holyhead
Well, this has certainly had some wide debate and it's actually quite reassuring. You'll note that, tomorrow, I've actually put this in as a question because it affects us all, in Aberconwy and obviously in Ynys Môn. I welcome the announcement of a…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Blwyddyn newydd dda. I’d like a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for finance on the steps being taken to improve due diligence of this Welsh Government before awarding grants to some business ventures. Only last week we heard of the site of the former…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days
Yes, I think you know what I mean. Diolch. [Laughter.]
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days
Yes. Okay, I will. There is an election for the Senedd in 2026, in less than 18 months' time. The only real catalyst for change will be—for anybody watching this, and the voters out there—to vote Welsh Conservative, and let's see Andrew Davies—[Interruption.]…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days
Well, let's not beat about the bush here—I never do. There's some irony I've heard from other Member benches today and, it has to be said, some hypocrisy. Welsh Labour, supported by Plaid Cymru over the past 25 years, have led to some shockingly high waiting…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Restoration of opencast mining sites'
Yes. I thank the committee team once again—the clerk and everybody who set up the visit for us—because it really showed me a different perspective on some of the evidence that we'd taken during our committee findings. Thank you.
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Restoration of opencast mining sites'
As has already been mentioned, our committee were very lucky last week to visit the Ffos-y-fran opencast mine above Merthyr Tydfil. This was an extremely informative and enjoyable visit, actually, where we were taken through the incredible work that is…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I'm aware of conveyancing methods whereby, sometimes, they don't always inform, when you're buying land, of your obligations regarding culverts, ditches and whatever, but also too with reservoirs. Now, between 2019 and 2021, £0.5 million of taxpayers' money…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Now, the written statement outlined the ambition to create a modern approach to hazard management and updating regulation and enforcement. There are concerns, though, for funding. NRW alone has 20 high-risk reservoirs, and they've already spent £2.68 million…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch, Llywydd. The risk and cost of increased rainfall due to climate change are rising without doubt, with extreme weather events becoming more frequent. Last winter, Natural Resources Wales issued 483 flood alerts—a 16 per cent increase on the previous…
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Debate: Remembrance
Today, as we did on Sunday, as we did yesterday, the eleventh of the eleventh at 11 a.m., we all come together to show our respect and to honour the sacrifices of countless brave men and women who gave their lives for our freedom. One point two million…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: Building safety
Do you know, Cabinet Secretary, I've been working on this now for about four years, prior to my colleague Mark Isherwood? And it has to be said that I am still now being contacted regularly by people who say they feel they're in a desperate situation, they…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm glad that Dawn Bowden finds this funny.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
It's fair to say I agree with Llyr Gruffydd. In Aberconwy, I'm repeatedly now being told that children are having to wait a considerably long time. I raised this issue a year ago and Lynne Neagle, at the time, mentioned that it was not correct, that people…
, Plenary
Short Debate: The future of local healthcare in rural Wales
I thank James Evans for bringing this important debate here, and also for allowing me a minute. A new problem that’s started affecting Aberconwy constituents, and indeed Betsi Cadwaladr patients, is the Welsh ambulance service cancelling appointments for…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
Right, okay. We are now left with the challenging task of mitigating the impacts of this budget. Yesterday, you were really pleased that you're putting all this money into the public sector and that it would grow the economy. The only way you grow the economy…
