, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of Transport for Wales - session 1
Thank you, Chairman.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of Transport for Wales - session 1
Thanks, James, but, you know, to be fair, this isn't the first time that transparency has been an issue with TfW. Because the fifth Senedd's Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee inquiry into the TfW's future development actually criticised a lack of…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of Transport for Wales - session 1
Thanks. Just a supplementary then: TfW's 2022-23 budget for rail alone is £653 million, with further funding to be agreed with the Welsh Government. So, do you agree with me that there should be complete transparency as to how taxpayers' money is spent? And…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of Transport for Wales - session 1
Okay. Bearing in mind that TfW's 2021-22 remit letter requires an annual business plan and 12-month financial plan, will you explain why TfW has not published a business plan since 2018-19, and what steps are going to be taken about this? Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of Transport for Wales - session 1
Thank you, Chair. Bearing in mind that TfW—[Interruption.] Sorry, hang on—. Sorry, there's a dog barking in the background.
, Plenary
Short Debate: Restoring our seaside towns to their former glory: A necessary task or an impossible ask?
Now, I'm very proud to represent a constituency with a number of seaside towns—Llanfairfechan, Penmaenmawr, Conwy, Deganwy, Llandudno and Penrhyn Bay—and Llandudno is known across Wales as the queen of Welsh resorts, and I put this down to our fantastic…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy)—Marine planning in Wales
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I thank the Members that have contributed and the Deputy Minister, despite his negativity on this, but there we go. I'd like to just reiterate Joyce Watson's comments about our Welsh seas are far much larger than our land…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy)—Marine planning in Wales
Okay. As our climate change committee recently heard, the marine plan is not fit for purpose in the context of the anticipated step change in development. I ask this Senedd to let that process of shaping our seas continue in a way that benefits the climate…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy)—Marine planning in Wales
Thank you, Huw. It's fair to say I really appreciate working with you on the committee that we're on. As for whether it needs to be a new piece of law or whether we can adapt, currently a lot of the measures are just guidance, Huw. So, consequentially, what…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy)—Marine planning in Wales
Yes, of course.
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy)—Marine planning in Wales
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. The historic absence of marine spatial planning and an isolated approach to managing our seas means that we now face unco-ordinated scrambles for space and increasing delays for industry. As we urgently need to move away…
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
Well, I'm jolly glad you have asked that question. What I can tell you, as the Commissioner for sustainable development, is that I'm very proud of Nerys and Matthew and Ed, of course, our director, for the work that they're doing behind the scenes in terms of…
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
Thank you. Now, despite limited green space on our estate, the Commission has made significant improvements in recent years to encourage biodiversity, and in our carbon strategy we do commit to doubling the green space on the Senedd estate. That estate is…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
The Older People's Commissioner for Wales, the chief executive of Age Cymru, the director of the Bevan Foundation, the director of Citizens Advice Cymru, the chief executive of Care and Repair Cymru, the head of National Energy Action Cymru, and the head of…
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Point of Order
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. In my last contribution on the statement put forward by Lee Waters MS, in response to one of my questions about returning sand to Llandudno beach, the response from the Minister was that, basically, as a landlord in…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management, 2022-23 Programme of Investment
Thank you, Deputy Minister. This is, for me, a positive statement. It is welcome news that £214 million will be invested in flood and coastal erosion schemes over the next three years, with £71 million to be invested during the next financial year. Whilst…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, Mostyn SeaPower Ltd are currently going out to tender for review of the initial design and costings for a tidal energy scheme here in north Wales, and one that would create 300 construction jobs and employ 35 people during its operational life…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing
Would you work with these local authorities to overcome these challenges? Now, additionally, we're all aware that there are communities facing local affordability difficulties, and I see this myself in Aberconwy. But I do believe that we need a balanced…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing
It isn't the same problem. Targets have actually been reached a lot easier in England than they have here. Approximately 67,000 people—I'll say it again: 67,000 people—in Wales languish on a social-housing waiting list, equivalent to around 20,000 households…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing
Diolch. And I wish to remind Members of my own declaration of interest in terms of property ownership—second homes, holiday let. Owning your own home is one of the major bulwarks of individual freedom and choice. Home ownership provides you with the security…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Horticulture in Wales has been in long-term decline, with fewer than 3,000 hectares now under cultivation for potatoes, field vegetables, small fruit and commercial orchards. The number of hectares has halved in 40 years. Now, according to Cardiff University…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
During the committee inquiry that we held into the Welsh Government's response to the February 2020 flooding and other times when Carmarthenshire and other constituencies have been flooded, the committee report published in 2020 highlighted that the level of…
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Debate: The Final Budget 2022-23
Diolch yn fawr.
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Debate: The Final Budget 2022-23
—of just under £1 million, the Local Government and Housing Committee have warned that tenants may have to carry a significant proportion of the cost. I believe that this budget doesn't go anywhere near enough to deal with our environment issues and our…
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Debate: The Final Budget 2022-23
I'm sure that all Members would love to join with me in welcoming the UK Conservative Government's budget 2021 announcement of an extra £2.5 billion per year, on average, for the Welsh Government through the Barnett formula over the spending review period…
