, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay. There was one point made earlier in a previous session that there's reference to maximising carbon sequestration and storage, but that maybe there was a need for a more explicit recognition of managing existing, as well as maybe developing additional…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Yes, okay. That evolution is sensible, I suppose; you're right. So, in terms, then, of the list of purposes for what support may be provided towards, that's listed in section 8. Is there anything there that grates or sticks out a little bit, or is there…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay, yes, a couple of really important points there. There is scope, of course, as well for Ministers to amend those definitions. I don't know whether you have any particular view as to how appropriate that is.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I'm just wondering what your views are on the powers given to Welsh Ministers to provide support for agriculture and ancillary activities—I always struggle with that word—and what the definitions are, clearly, because the definitions…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Thank you. The nature of any framework Bill is set in the parameters so that Ministers can then go away and draft regulations and fill in the blanks, effectively. So, it's a bit of a broad one, but do you think the balance between what's on…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Okay, well, that was very nearly everything that you're prioritising, so I'm not sure whether that's possible, but I am glad that that engagement and that discussion is happening, because the message is coming through clearly that they need to know what the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Diolch, Llywydd. Afternoon, Minister. Cumulatively, the financial pressures building up in the local government system, of course, are beyond anything, really, that we've probably ever seen before, even though pressures in the current financial year were…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Business rates
Diolch, Llywydd. Can I thank the Member for opening the debate, although I think that today’s debate shouldn’t really be about which part of the UK has the highest or the lowest business rates level? I think, and you acknowledge, that it needs to be a wider…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you to everyone who's contributed. I won't rehearse everything that everyone has said; there's a danger of doing that in closing a debate like this, but I just want to pick up on some of the main themes. Certainly, the…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
We're encouraged by the Welsh Government's future energy grid project, which seeks to proactively influence future grid investment in Wales. The Welsh Government has told us that the action plan produced by the project will set out actions for networks, for…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
So, as the domestic response to the crisis continues to unfold, we know it could, of course, set us on course to either make or break our commitment to reach net zero by 2050. The package of measures announced by the UK Government last month may provide some…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. It's an honour to present this report of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee, because at the beginning of the sixth Senedd the committee agreed to undertake a short inquiry into renewable energy…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Energy Prices Bill
Thank you. You and your party colleagues and ourselves, have been very critical of the Welsh Government when it comes to condensing the scrutiny period for the single-use plastics Bill. You were quite rightly vocal that we weren't given enough time; we were…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Energy Prices Bill
Would you take an intervention?
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Welsh Government's response to the Chancellor's statement on the medium-term fiscal plan
Thank you for your statement, Minister. I have to say that this mess shows once again the extent to which we here in Wales are just at the mercy of the whims of Westminster Ministers. It underlines again how the current devolution settlement leaves us…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
He supported Liz Truss.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 2
Promises have been made along those four years that you mentioned, from that initial meeting, around piloting and modelling, and it never really happened in a timely manner, I believe. It's difficult to imagine the kind of on-the-ground activity that we're…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 2
And I see Libby and Hazel both nodding. Yes. Okay, fine, thank you. So, finally from me then, you've mentioned previous iterations of consultation papers and White Papers and everything. It's just a general question, really, about stakeholder engagement…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 2
Okay. Well, some very important points there, I think, that we need to capture. So, just coming back, really, to the subordinate legislation and the powers that Ministers have. They can, for example, amend the definitions of 'agriculture' and 'ancillary…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 2
No, that's the point made. Okay. Dylan.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 2
Yes, okay, that's interesting, actually. Did you want to add anything?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 2
Yes. Okay. Diolch yn fawr. By its nature, any framework Bill—and we've touched on this earlier—is all about giving Ministers regulatory powers. When you're in opposition, you get very nervous about that kind of thing; when you're in Government, you're all for…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 2
Yes, in the context of the UK Bill. Yes. Okay. And, yes, Hazel has her hand up.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 2
Yes. Okay. I'm sure many of us would echo that. Just moving on, then, to some of the international obligations that we have, and whether there are any alarm bells or anything that's caught your eye, in terms of within the Bill or the sustainable farming…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 2
Okay. And even when you look at the regulatory assessment, obviously the Government themselves acknowledge that there are so many variables that it's always very difficult to put a proper figure on administrative costs, for example. I think they quote £27…
