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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Policy
Thank you. Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. For my constituents in Aberconwy, a small modular reactor site would mean an investment of £200 million and 200 direct jobs, and it would make us a leader in high-skilled green industry. So, in order to improve our future…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Policy
Thank you for your statement, Minister. I would like to refer to the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee's report on renewable energy in Wales, published in May 2022, and its comments on the serious risk of your Government failing to meet…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Welsh Homes
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm sure the Minister doesn't need me to reminder her of the fact that Wales is lagging behind the rest of the United Kingdom in delivering energy-efficient homes, and this is confirmed by the consultation for the Warm Homes programme…
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Questions to the First Minister
As Sameh Shoukry, COP27 president designate, stated only last week, 'As best available science indicates, some impacts of climate change are now irreversible and require concerted global solidarity and action, not empty rhetoric'. Whilst the world is being…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Stroke
It has already been pointed out that an estimated 7,000 people a year in Wales experience a stroke, and that can be the equivalent of a whole town having one every year. It takes on average, as has been said, 6 hours 35 minutes between stroke onset and…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales and Trefnydd
Minister, you don't need me to remind you that, in Great Britain, over 2,000 greyhounds died and nearly 18,000 injuries occurred between 2018 and 2021. In 2021, there were 4,422 injuries on licensed tracks, 307 deaths in Great Britain, and 39 per cent of…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Closure of the Menai Bridge
I was just trying.
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Public Sector Role in the Future Energy System
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. It's really good to see that you're going forward in terms of looking at projects that can actually help us towards our ambitions of carbon zero, as well as putting more money back into the local economy. Now…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Good afternoon, Trefnydd. I would like a statement from the Minister for education on the fact that some primary schools now are in urgent need of support to extend their kitchens and employ more staff to manage the free school meal policy. Indeed, in a…
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Questions to the First Minister
My own local authority, Conwy County Borough Council, currently commissions around 790 beds supporting individuals in residential and/or nursing care. The gross spend within Conwy on residential and nursing services was £23 million in the last financial year…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Business rates
Or Home Secretary. Oh, Home Secretary's gone. [Laughter.] Sorry. There is a need for common sense in your dealings with the VOA. I know how frustrated you must get, because when I try to work on behalf of a constituent on valuations, it can take up to two…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Business rates
Well, do you know what, I can't disagree with that, Mike, actually? And I did listen that time. [Laughter.] I do think you make a very valid point, because—
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Business rates
Yes.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Business rates
There are 126,700 non-domestic properties in Wales liable for business rates, and I take my hat off to them. Business rates have increased by 10 per cent in the last six years; compare that with 3 per cent in England, 2.9 per cent in Scotland. That's making…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
Thank you.
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
Thank you very much, and thank you for taking the intervention. I didn't quite hear what Alun said. I didn't honestly say that I supported it; I didn't mean that, anyway.
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
On a point of order—
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
Do you believe, though, that, as well as it being a Government responsibility—? What can the Government do to empower more people to take some responsibility? The reason I ask this question is that so many people say to me, 'Oh, I'd love solar panels, but I…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
With the Russian war in Ukraine having made almost all constituents realise the need for Wales and the UK to produce more renewable energy, now is the time for the Welsh Government to supercharge some action. I am confident that there are more areas upon…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
Yes, of course. Another key issue stifling the expansion of renewable energy is the lack of adequate grid infrastructure, and I have to say, every time I've met with members of the industry, they actually cite this as being a really big issue, a big barrier…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
Yes, sure.
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
I thank my committee Chair—our committee Chair—for leading off this debate. The following quote from our cross-party committee report does actually rightly highlight the Welsh Labour Government failure to unleash the renewable energy potential of Wales: 'The…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Energy Prices Bill
With all due respect, this is emergency legislation. We have a war situation, and that is really, really—. We don't even know what's going to happen now, where things may get even worse than what we're facing at the moment. When faced with a warlike situation…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Energy Prices Bill
Yes, of course.
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Energy Prices Bill
Now, this LCM relates to landmark legislation, and it's legislation that needs to be enacted quickly. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has, without doubt, led to the price of oil and gas surging around the world. Thanks to the UK Government, consumers now will…
