, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Climate adaptation
Thank you, Delyth. Huw, and then we'll come to Joyce. So, Huw first.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Climate adaptation
Because the Office for Budget Responsibility I think have said that if we leave it a decade then the cost will double. So, that probably is another sobering thought, really, isn't it? Do Members wish to pick up on any particular points in the presentation?…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Climate adaptation
Thank you very much, Baroness Brown. It made for some grim listening at times, I have to say. I'm so glad there was a cost-benefit ratio slide in there just to remind us that, as you say, there are opportunities when it comes to addressing some of those…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Climate adaptation
We'll move on, therefore, to our second item, where we will be considering climate adaptation. As I mentioned, some of us have been in COP26 over the past 10 days or so. I'm one of them and other Senedd Chairs have also been in attendance, as have some other…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
A very warm welcome to this meeting of the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee of the Welsh Parliament. May I welcome all Members? Just to note that we have received apologies from Jenny Rathbone, but we will forgive her on this occasion…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The energy sector and the climate and nature emergencies
One area hasn't been touched upon, and I think it would be remiss of me not to refer to it. I, the Minister and others attended the launch this morning of a report by WWF Cymru, RSPB Cymru and Size of Wales that really drives home, I think, how tackling our…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The energy sector and the climate and nature emergencies
Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer, and thank you to everyone who's contributed to the debate. It's been a broad-ranging debate, and I think that reflects the breadth of the original motion, but also the amendments tabled to it. Many people have…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you very much. And of course, in the meantime, it's important that this Government does turn over every stone in order to create the revival that we all want to see. The Federation of Small Businesses, for example, is proposing a package of possible…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Well thank you for that. You've made the point for us, I think, that the UK Government has powers that we don't have in this place to respond to this. And once again, exceptional circumstances, as we're facing at the moment, show how few powers and…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Now then, Minister, if we can discuss some of the issues that are of real interest to the people of Wales—there are huge challenges facing a number of businesses in Wales at the moment, who are having to cope with a substantial increase in energy costs. And…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd. It's quite sweet, isn't it, to hear the whingeing from Conservative benches about Plaid Cymru tax policies when they can't even keep their promises when it comes to taxation on a UK level. And it really is a graphic illustration…
, Plenary
Debate: Devolution of New Tax Powers
The failure of the current protocol is plain for all to see. It's been compared a number of times, hasn't it, to the old legislative competence Orders, which plagued the Senedd back in the late 2000s. They were very rapidly replaced because of concerns over…
, Plenary
Debate: Devolution of New Tax Powers
There are two parts to this motion before us today: first of all, the potential of a vacant land tax, and then, secondly, the deficiencies of the protocol. On the first element, I think there are strong arguments in favour of considering the introduction of a…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Yes, they are working exceptionally hard and have done so not only over the past 18 months, but in light of warnings about a lack of capacity in previous years. Now, six years ago, the Royal College of General Practitioners carried out a survey of GPs in…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
3. Will the First Minister make a statement on access to primary health services in North Wales? OQ56982
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting
I suggest therefore that we move into a private session for the remainder of the meeting. So, in line with Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix), I suggest that the rest of the meeting will be private. Are Members content with that? Yes, thank you very much…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Paper(s) to note
We'll go on to the seventh item on our agenda this afternoon, which is to note a number of papers today that are in your packs. We will take them together and note them together, unless any Member wants to draw attention to something specific in any of those…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Chair Designate of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)
That's it. Thank you very much.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Chair Designate of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)
Thank you very much. Are there any further questions for Dr Clubb? No. That's it. Well, thank you very much, and may I thank you for being with us this afternoon? The responses and the information you've provided will help us as we communicate our opinion to…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Chair Designate of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)
Yes, we would be very keen too, of course, when it's timely and when it's relevant to invite you for scrutiny, and hopefully, as you've suggested, you will accept those invitations, if they are convenient, of course. I think we are moving now to the final…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Chair Designate of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)
Janet? I think Janet's—. Janet, please.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Chair Designate of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)
Okay. Thank you very much. Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Chair Designate of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)
Thank you, Huw. Delyth.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Chair Designate of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)
Thank you. Okay. Huw.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Chair Designate of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)
We can hear you, Jenny. There is a bit of a hum in the background, but it's okay.
