Welsh Conservatives

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Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

1,861 speeches and questions

16 October 2024Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Yes, the Lib Dems. The point being that foodbanks were introduced in 2000 under a Labour Government. It's there in black and white. Google it. During the financial crash, they accelerated more. So, how has the introduction of foodbanks—
16 October 2024Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I wish for you to rule on a point of order issue. The Cabinet Secretary made a very robust statement here, that there were no foodbanks before the coalition, meaning the Conservative-Labour coalition—
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent: Water (Special Measures) Bill - Evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Fantastic.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent: Water (Special Measures) Bill - Evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Right. An add-on to that for me is that, over the years, and I've raised it here, some of the pollution incident fines now end up going back to His Majesty's Treasury, and I've always thought that if a pollution incident happens in Wales, the penalties for…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent: Water (Special Measures) Bill - Evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
What consideration has been given to the appropriate water industry offences, and penalty level, carrying an automatic fixed penalty under the Water (Special Measures) Bill? The reason I ask this question is because my residents are constantly pointing out…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent: Water (Special Measures) Bill - Evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you, Chair. Hello again.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Yes, definitely.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Believe me, I know there's loads and loads—
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
There's obviously lots of good work going on, but how do you then use that in your decision making? How on top of what they're doing are you, if you know what I mean?
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay. So there's lots—
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you. We have heard there is a lack of biodiversity monitoring taking place. How will this be addressed, given the forthcoming targets?
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the investment needed to deliver global biodiversity commitments? And if you haven’t made an assessment, how on earth do you know how much you should be investing?
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Oh, yes. Of course.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I'm on No. 10, stakeholder—
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you. And can—
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Can you tell us your planned timeline for marine conservation zone designation? Are you still on track to designate before the end of the sixth Senedd? And, of course, I was here in the term when we had the fiasco of marine conservation areas and then it all…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
It needs to be put on the record.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
—that programme for government is nearly three and a half years old now, so you'd think, what's been happening from then to now?
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I suppose, for me, the difficulty is that—
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Such as? Which partnerships?
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
But there is a promise of that plan, and so I just want a straightforward answer, really.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
We understand, though, that with a plan, goes a business case.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, you're not formally going to adopt that plan?
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
When will you formally adopt the plan?
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you. Environmental NGOs are calling for the national seagrass action plan to be endorsed and resourced. Why have you not formally adopted the plan? It was in the programme for government, and there it says that the commitment is to: 'Establish a…