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Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
No. [Laughter.]
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Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
Okay. Just coming back to the collaboration point that we touched on earlier—and I get the need to collaborate around technologies and those kinds of things—are we making best use of the collaboration that already exists, or the structures such as the public…
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Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
There we are. Okay, diolch yn fawr. Delyth.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
Did you want to come in on this, Huw, on the skills question?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
Okay. We'll come to Joyce, then, if that's okay.
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Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
And I appreciate the work you did was a much wider focus, but, clearly, it's one example, isn't it, of the kind of thing—
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Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
Okay. Thank you, Huw. Jenny. And, just to say, then I've got Joyce and then Delyth as well. Jenny.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
More the stick than the carrot, then.
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Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
There we are, and with 780 organisations in the public sector, I suppose you need to take that sort of wide focus. Yes, okay. Huw, and then we'll come to Jenny.
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Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
Yes, sure.
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Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
Sure. Okay. Lovely.
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Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
No, and I would agree.
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Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
There we are. Because the evidence we've received in the engagement that we've had with various organisations clearly see Government—. As you say, you look at the Government as part of the public sector in the way that you've approached this, but the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
I understand that, albeit a critical part of it, I'd imagine.
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Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
Excellent, thank you so much for that. I know Members will be keen to pursue particular aspects. I just wanted to ask about your decision not to issue recommendations, as such. I mean, the five calls, I get. Were there not certain recommendations that maybe…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
Okay, we'll move on to the second item, and as Members will know, the committee has agreed to undertake a short piece of work on decarbonising the public sector. This work follows the publication of Audit Wales's report, which raises questions about the…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Good morning to you all, and welcome to this meeting of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee of Senedd Cymru. I'd like to welcome Members to the meeting. The meeting is being held in hybrid format, and aside from the adaptations…
, Plenary
Debate: The Second Supplementary Budget 2022-23
Thank you to the Minister for presenting this supplementary budget, and thank you to the Finance Committee for the scrutiny work that they've done, which, of course, is valuable, as usual. Of course, this is the Government's supplementary budget, so it…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, if a local authority who have their pensions funds invested in a particular energy generation company were to receive a request from that company for a development in their area, do you feel that there would be a conflict of interest in such a…
, Plenary
Short Debate: A nation of solidarity: Wales stands with the people of Armenia
In Wales, the road to genocide recognition began in 2001, of course, when Rhodri Morgan, then First Minister, laid flowers in memory of the 1915 genocide victims. Later, in 2010, there was an explicit recognition of the Armenian genocide by the First…
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Short Debate: A nation of solidarity: Wales stands with the people of Armenia
Now, more recently, of course, this Senedd has ensured that Wales is a nation of sanctuary, which is all about welcoming those from all across the world who have been displaced by war and conflict and those seeking a safe place to live. And, heaven knows, in…
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Short Debate: A nation of solidarity: Wales stands with the people of Armenia
Thank you, Llywydd, and thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak in this short debate today. We can all be rightly proud of the internationalist outlook that has been a prominent part of our history, as Welsh people, over the years. Back in the early…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The roads review
Well, it works both ways, because you need to remember as well that Members of your benches opposed the red route.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The roads review
Will you take an intervention?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The roads review
In their current form.
