, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 2 - Transport
Age—is it 21?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 2 - Transport
With your agreement, I want to ask one question that wasn't asked about HGV drivers—[Interruption.] It's a very quick one. It's a very quick one: how long does it take to train a HGV driver, and also am I right in thinking that they cannot acquire a licence…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 2 - Transport
Well, I think just about everything has been answered. I think the only thing that I would ask is whether maritime and ports feel that they've been involved enough in that strategy. The road haulage have already said that they were.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 1 - Transport
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 1 - Transport
Can I just ask one quick follow-up? We're seeing our town centres changing—that's where most people head to—and you've already mentioned, Scott, about people buying online more, so the whole town centre is changing, and therefore out-of-town retail is also…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 1 - Transport
Any of the others?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 1 - Transport
I'm going to talk about integration, and the integration of transport, and whether it's integrated effectively with all the other policy areas that some of you have just mentioned, for instance, for land use and planning, and how the scope of the new Welsh…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Universal Credit
It's been just an amazing insight into the other benches today. I just want to say one thing. They talked about HGV drivers and training them, well, I just want to say this to you: by the time you've trained an HGV driver, the food will be rotten in the…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Universal Credit
Thank you for taking the intervention. Do you agree that the UK Government have rightly identified that the amount of money that people are receiving on universal credit isn't sufficient, and that is why they actually increased it by £20 a week, so that those…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Universal Credit
Will you take an intervention?
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I thank you for that answer, but according to research by Wildlife Trust Wales, Powys now has more than 150 intense poultry units, housing an estimated 10 million chickens. As a result, an extra 2,000 tonnes of phosphate a year are estimated to be spread onto…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
2. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the environmental impact of intensive poultry units in Mid and West Wales? OQ56831
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I thank you for that answer, Minister, but I'm not at all surprised by it. I have put on record my doubts about free ports. I'm not convinced of the economic argument, and I have concerns relating to the environment, and also to any labour standards that go…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
5. What assessment of the tax implications for Wales has the Minister made of the UK Government's freeports policy? OQ56832
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Afghanistan
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. I think it's absolutely essential that we support those who've supported us, albeit that they've supported us in another country. We know that we support our own armed forces, and that is absolutely right, yet the work…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
And all of those things.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. And if I can, Chair, one final question. We're talking about, obviously, a particular Bill, but you won't be surprised to hear that I'm going to mention water more widely than the internal water—the wider water that some of us are probably going to dip…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. Are there any areas—? I know the whole thing is contentious, simply because they don't think that we should be involved in many ways, but are there any areas where you feel particularly strongly that we should have involvement, or are there any sticking…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Moving on to nature and biodiversity, I want to probe really that part of the Bill. I've realised, actually, that I read out the wrong question, so I'll start again. I want you explain why you consider it acceptable that the Welsh Ministers have no formal…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. I want to move on to Part 6, nature and biodiversity, Minister, and I would like you to explain the purpose of the provisions for Wales in Part 5 of the Bill and how and when you intend to use those powers conferred to the Welsh Minister under that…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
No.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Environment Bill: scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change
Just on that point, Minister, we have to have crossover with the future generations Act, which specifically puts an onus on the Welsh Government to do just what you've said, to make sure that what we do here doesn't have a disproportionate negative impact…
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Debate: Priorities for 2022-23 Budget Preparations
It's okay.
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Trees and Timber
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm really pleased that you've delivered this statement today, and it's very clear that you are determined to drive this forward. And I think that you've identified together the issues that are in the way, and that is making life…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, could we have a statement on universal credit, please, specifically on the UK Government's assessment of the planned withdrawal of the £20 top-up at the end of September? The Tories, it seems, are intent on taking money out of the pockets of those…
