, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
1. When does the First Minister expect Wales to have an operational deposit-return scheme? OQ57293
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
So, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix), I propose that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of today's meeting. Are Members content with that? I see that everyone is content. Great. Thank you very much. We'll wait a…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to Note
Yes, okay. There are a number of valid issues, including that, that have been raised as areas of potential work for this committee. Members will know that we're actually having a strategic session this afternoon to discuss potential forward work programmes…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to Note
Yes, that's no problem at all. Thank you, Joyce. Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to Note
Absolutely, and you'll be aware that we are having a one-day session on marine issues, which will include looking at the bottom trawling issue, which is where, I think, we go next on that, and then subsequent from that, hopefully, we'll be able to move on…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to Note
We'll move on, therefore, to the third item, which is papers to note. You'll see that there are six papers to note in the pack. I'll ask us to note them together, unless anybody wants to draw attention to any specific issues. I'll just note, with regard to…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
—thank you very much, Minister, for your attendance this morning.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
We'd certainly be interested in taking you up on that offer, so thank you for that. And given that we are at the end of our allocated time, can I thank you for your attendance, along with your officials? There are a few follow-up notes, I think, that you've…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
The same answer the other way round as well, then. Okay, thank you. There we are, but we look forward to that scrutiny session, certainly. Okay, the last word to Joyce, then.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Thank you for that clarity. Okay, thank you. Right. I think there are two other areas of questioning that we wish to cover, so I'll come to Janet first to cover one of them, and then we'll conclude with Joyce afterwards. So, Janet next.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Thank you. Jenny very briefly, then.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
I think there are probably a number of sessions that we could have from what we've had today, and we will be having them, of course, over this coming Senedd. We move on now to Huw.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
If you could be brief there, Minister, because Huw is very patient, in fairness. He's coming in next, so, Minister, very briefly on that.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Well, maybe—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Okay. Thank you. Back to Jenny, then.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Thank you. Thank you. Jenny, did you want to continue, or, Joyce, did you want to come in on this?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
As useful as it would be now, I think a written note would suffice, because we do have another set of areas that we wish to cover, if that's okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Jenny, back to you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Joyce is asking if she could come in on this point as well. Sorry. Joyce.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Is the line frozen? Janet may have pressed something, I think, as she was trying to grapple with her papers. We'll move on to Jenny, then. Jenny, do you want to pick up on the next question?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
I was going to say, we can hardly see you. We can just about see you between the pages.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Diolch yn fawr. Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
There we are. Thank you, Janet; thank you, Minister. We're over halfway through our allocated time, and we're about a third of the way through the areas of questioning that we were hoping to cover, so we'll try and speed things up a little bit, hopefully…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Okay. Thank you. We'll move on now, then, to Janet, who I think is going to raise some stakeholder concerns.
