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Supplementary Legislative Consent Motion on the Environment Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. I move the motion. Today's debate on the supplementary legislative consent motion to the UK Environment Bill is brought without notice, and I thank Members for their time today. Members will recall the legislative consent motion on the UK…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
Yes, diolch, Jenny. Just on the part L, we will be bringing forward part L regulation amendments in the new year. The whole point of them will be, of course, to bring private sector housing up to the standards that new social build housing enjoys, and I look…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
Diolch, Mabon. I don't share your cynicism, I'm afraid, and I'm very sorry to hear you express it in that way. I understand the disappointment of the people in Gwynedd about the Llanbedr bypass. We had a decent meeting with Gwynedd Council yesterday and we…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
Diolch, Jack. I think the very simple answer to that is 'yes'. I think we absolutely need to make sure that the public sector across Wales, including its pension funds, de-invest from deforestation and oil and gas exploration as fast as possible. I'm not yet…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
Thank you very much for that question, Heledd. I'm not entirely certain how it aligns with the net-zero plan, but I think the answer to your question is that the roads review has within its sights all projects that are funded by local transport grants and…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
Diolch, Peter. I hope I feel better soon, too. Thank you for that. You've absolutely put your finger on the pulse of that, of course. We absolutely have to use public sector funding as leverage to lever in private sector funding across Wales. You referenced…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
Diolch, Mike. I can very succinctly go through those. I'm very happy to say that we are very actively working on reducing Welsh Government travel and doing virtual meetings where at all possible. Sometimes it is absolutely necessary to see something on the…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
Thank you, Jane. I appreciate the sentiments, and I absolutely want to work alongside everybody in the Senedd, but also actually want to have our feet held to the fire; we absolutely do need to go as fast as we can, and it's very important that the Government…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
Thank you, Huw. That's an excellent question, and it's always true that the young people ask us the most difficult questions. I'm afraid there's not a really simple answer, but I can give you a sort of combination answer, and it's this: it's to challenge…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
Diolch, Delyth. Yes, so, just in terms of how many are new and how many are not, the plan is a snapshot in time that fulfills a statutory requirement. We expect existing policies and proposals to be updated to increase their impact, and we expect new ideas to…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
Diolch, Janet. Thank you, Janet. I do admire, Janet, your attempt to champion the Prime Minister in his pronouncements on greening the world. If only he put his money where his mouth is. We know that in the last budget, the Chancellor didn't even mention the…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
The plan covers Wales's territorial emissions, and therefore action from UK Government is needed in those areas for which they are responsible. We regret the lack of engagement we have had from the UK Government in the development of their net-zero plan and…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. The challenge presented to Wales by the climate emergency is not simply to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and protect communities against the impact of more intense weather, as significant a challenge as these represent. The…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The energy sector and the climate and nature emergencies
The Government is also very supportive of much of the sentiment of the second part of the motion. We agree the distribution of powers and responsibilities across the UK is in need of a fundamental change. That is why we have announced our intention to…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The energy sector and the climate and nature emergencies
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I very much welcome the opportunity to respond to this debate. The motion from Plaid Cymru makes a number of very important points and recognises the steps we have taken to identify and tackle both the climate and the nature crisis…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The energy sector and the climate and nature emergencies
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The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Generally, persons subject to immigration control are not eligible for allocation of social housing or to homelessness assistance. The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (Wales) Regulations 2014, known as 'the 2014…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Nature, biodiversity and local places for nature
Diolch, Joyce. Thank you very much for that. I'm delighted to be asked that question. I recently had the privilege of launching with the First Minister the Elsevier report on Wales's research performance on the UN sustainable development goals, and it was a…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Nature, biodiversity and local places for nature
Diolch, Carolyn. Thank you very much. I, too, have visited the botanic gardens relatively recently and have seen the really excellent project that you're talking about. It is a real matter of concern to us that the UK Government has not held to its promise to…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Nature, biodiversity and local places for nature
Diolch, John. Well, on that last one, I'm very happy to say that we've had a great deal of success, with my other hat on, in Swansea. We've done exactly that: we've had graffiti artists and lighting and so on put into one of the big railway arches that…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Nature, biodiversity and local places for nature
Diolch, Jenny. Thank you very much for that, Jenny; Lee Waters was involved in that as well. We're certainly going to be looking at learning any lessons that we can learn from that. We absolutely do want our new programmes to be household names. We were very…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Nature, biodiversity and local places for nature
Diolch, Mark—thank you, Mark. I was very pleased that you facilitated introduction to the curlew group for me. We had an excellent meeting, and we were very much on the same page in terms of what needs to be done. As you heard in my statement, I'm looking for…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Nature, biodiversity and local places for nature
Diolch, Alun. Thank you. Yes, I take your point there, and, actually, interestingly enough, I'm having slight déjà vu here, because I remember asking you this question when you were the Minister and I was a backbencher, so we've been working on this for some…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Nature, biodiversity and local places for nature
Diolch, Heledd. Those are very important points. In terms of the mental health point, I will certainly be working with colleagues Jeremy Miles and Lynne Neagle across the Government to make sure that, as we have community-based nature recovery schemes, we…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Nature, biodiversity and local places for nature
Diolch, Joel. I absolutely am recognising the importance that the marine environment can play in addressing the climate, and I am absolutely committed to establishing a targeted scheme for the restoration of seagrass and salt marsh coastal habitats in this…
