, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Supporting patients to stay at home is an important part of keeping pressures off the NHS, but there are numerous cases. I have a constituent who needs dialysis at home three times a week. That costs £20 a day in terms of energy to run the dialysis machine…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. What additional pressure is the cost-of-living crisis placing on the NHS in relation to people with complex health conditions living at home? OQ59125
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
There we are. Okay, we have previously agreed to take the final item in private session, so we'll move into private session, but, before we do that, just to remind everybody formally that our next meeting is in a fortnight's time, on 1 March. Okay. So, we'll…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Well, there we are, then. Thank you so much for appearing again before this committee. We really appreciate your attendance and the evidence that you've given us. We've covered a lot of ground again in this session. As a committee, obviously we will…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
And the agriculture Bill will contain some provisions as well, I think. How those manifest themselves on the ground, I'm not sure. But yes. Maybe if there's anything that you want to add retrospectively then please do.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
So, you might be able to crowbar what you wanted to say into—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
I'm afraid I'm going to just bring Huw in now, and then we'll have to finish there.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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That's the proposed legislation that's hopefully in the pipeline. Okay. Back to Delyth.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Do you want to add anything, Janet?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Lovely. Thank you so much. You've been very patient, Delyth, so the floor is yours.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Thank you for that. I am becoming aware of time. We've got 10 minutes, but it's okay; I'm not panicking yet. Jenny, briefly on this, and then I will come on to Delyth then, because we have two other areas we need to cover.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Yes.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Thank you. Right. Joyce.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
We do indeed. Great. Thank you. Huw, on this, and then we'll move on then. Joyce will take us on to—.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
And for monitoring as well, there's a practical challenge of mobile phone signals for some, because you can't—. I was involved in one case and there was no point putting a monitor on it, because it couldn't speak to anything. But, anyway, that's a whole…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
And, of course, those are the overflows that we know about, because there are others, aren't there, that obviously we don't?
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Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
So, what are we doing to stop it happening in the first place, basically?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
And I know Jenny wants to pursue, maybe, a few questions on phosphate, but I'm just mindful we've moved on a little bit. I just wanted to offer Janet the opportunity to come back on the sewage stuff as well, before we then come back to phosphate.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Huw wants to come in on this specifically, and I'll come back to you, Janet, afterwards.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
And there's a wider discussion—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Yes. Sewage.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Thank you for that. So—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay, let's deal with the first point first then and then we'll come on to the other one. And there is a fair point—I mean, there may be perverse consequences to raising fees, which may actually work against some of your wider goals.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Yes, sure.
