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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Jenny. To meet our net-zero ambitions will require land use change. The majority of land in Wales is used for agriculture. The sustainable farming scheme will incentivise farmers to make best use of their land to deliver economic, social and…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
We already do that. It's part of the curriculum, apart from anything else. We of course encourage schools to encourage community use. I've had not only conversations but visits with my colleague Jeremy Miles to schools doing just that. We're very keen to get…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I completely agree, Jayne; the pandemic certainly highlighted the need for people to have an outside space that was usable and actually connect back to nature, which is good for not just physical health but also very good for mental health, of course. We have…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Our allotment support grant is now in its second year and will allocate £750,000 across all of Wales's local authorities to help improve and increase allotment provision. In addition to this dedicated fund, a range of other programmes, such as Local Places…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. I understand you've raised concerns with Transport for Wales regarding the poor performance of trains in your constituency, and I think you've had a response from them. There have been occasions where TfW have had to make last-minute cancellations…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Our north Wales metro programme will transform rail, bus and active travel services across north Wales. The metros offer some of the best opportunities to meet our target of 45 per cent of journeys being made by public transport or active travel by 2040…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Yes, certainly, Delyth. Procurement is actually in Rebecca Evans's portfolio, but obviously I work very, very closely with Rebecca. She has recently announced a number of research issues into procurement, one of which is absolutely making sure that Wales does…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Delyth. I completely agree; a digital strategy is absolutely essential to doing that. You're absolutely right; we are committed to having at least 30 per cent of people working from home or near home—so, much less commuting time and hopefully much…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
So, Janet, again, once more, how many times have I got to say the same thing? We are absolutely committed to putting an environmental protection body in place. The interim environmental protection plan is working; it's actually highlighting how many people…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
So, once again, it's very fine words and absolutely no action from you. So, we have done a number of things already on the clean air (Wales) Bill, which we'll introduce in this Senedd term. It's one of a number of actions set out in the clean air plan for…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Okay, that's very straightforward. I'm pleased to say that we published on 7 June the engagement plan, which will help us with the information that we need in order to bring forward the clean air Act.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Well, which one would you like me to answer, Janet?
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Well, I think that was five questions, actually. [Laughter.]
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
So, Gilestone Farm, as I know the Member knows perfectly well, has been bought as part of the economic development portfolio attempt to secure the future of the Green Man festival, one of the only independent festivals left in Europe. And it's nothing to do…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
So, that's quite a complicated set of issues, Rhun, although I appreciate the sentiment and agree with it. So, just on the criticism of land purchased by NRW, we do purchase small amounts of land across Wales, and have done for very many years, as substitute…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch. Trees provide a wide range of benefits, including carbon storage, biodiversity, flood alleviation and recreation. We have undertaken detailed evaluation of these benefits, including through the environmental and rural affairs modelling and monitoring…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Yes, as I say, I will go into a lot more detail on this next week, because I'll take up the whole of question time if I do it now. But, suffice it to say that, as a result of an inter-ministerial group meeting with Michael Gove, we've made some progress in…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
So, I have got a statement just on this next week actually to go into it in more detail, but just to say that we're very committed to making sure that all of the defects in the buildings, not just the ACM cladding, are remedied. So, the ACM cladding, we've…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I’m committed to looking beyond cladding, taking a holistic approach to building safety. This includes changing regulations that govern building control, legislation and addressing existing building safety issues through the Welsh building safety fund…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Hydrogen strategy
While hydrogen is still a developing technology, its unique properties mean it could, alongside extensive renewables developments, have a strong role in Wales's future power, transport and industrial sectors. It may also offer an alternative to fossil fuel…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Hydrogen strategy
Diolch, Llywydd. I welcome the opportunity to respond to this debate and to give the Welsh Government's support to the motion. The climate emergency demands that we use all the tools at our disposal to accelerate progress to a net-zero energy system. We are…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'Report on storm overflows in Wales'
Okay. Let me just sum up then, Dirprwy Lywydd. Just to say that we want to actively work with the citizen scientists mentioned by Rhun in order to improve the monitoring and support. The biodiversity deep dive, as mentioned in committee this morning, will…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'Report on storm overflows in Wales'
I completely acknowledge that, and I'll mention it in brief—I'm going to talk very fast now—in the rest of my contribution. I just wanted to acknowledge the work of Joyce Watson on the surface water drainage issue. She's left the Chamber now, but she's been…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'Report on storm overflows in Wales'
Yes, of course.
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'Report on storm overflows in Wales'
Well, I really rather meant that you seemed to be trying to contrast us with work over the border, and actually it's a real problem right across the UK. So—[Interruption.] Well, I'm not going to enter into an exchange across the Chamber. As acknowledged by…
