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8. Brexit Party Debate: Devolution (26 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: Your party, sorry.

8. Brexit Party Debate: Devolution (26 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: Will you take an intervention on that point? Why has he airbrushed his time in Government from the history in his motion?

3. Statement by the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs: Emergency Flood Summit Update (25 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: I'd like to pay tribute to those communities most affected in my constituency, which is Machen, Bedwas, Llanbradach, Ystrad Mynach, Tredomen, Nelson and Penpedairheol; those with commercial businesses and residential businesses. Bedwas RFC's Bridge club was hugely affected and has benefited from crowdfunding. It is struggling to survive, it has to be said, at this point in time, and I'm doing...

1. Questions to the First Minister: Proposed New Water Rules (11 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: I've written to the Minister for environment asking for a meeting with farming members of NFU Cymru to discuss these regulations, and I'm awaiting a response. I think the questions today demonstrate a need for scrutiny of these regulations. I've held meetings with Caerphilly NFU members and with the Farmers Union of Wales to discuss their concerns. On smaller farms, such as those in Bedwas...

QNR: Questions to the First Minister (11 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: Will the First Minister make a statement on agricultural pollution regulations in Wales?

8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Air Pollution ( 5 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: That was based on individual particulates, and the estimate of individual particulates. What the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants analysis does is combine those particulates into what is a more realistic estimate of the kind of particulates that will exist in the air at any one time, which is where the figures for 1,000 to 1,400 come from.

8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Air Pollution ( 5 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: Yes, there's no dispute—there's no dispute about that.

8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Air Pollution ( 5 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: I'm sorry to interrupt, but one of the things—he makes the point about idling vehicles—one of the points that I've heard as well, from public health officials, is it isn't just idling vehicles; the actual act of turning off your vehicle while outside a school could be just as polluting when you turn it back on again. So, you might as well leave it idling as turning it off and on in many...

8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Air Pollution ( 5 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: That isn't—. As I said in my contribution, that wasn't the figure that Public Health Wales gave me. They said the 1,000 to 1,400 aggregated range was based on life expectancy. So, the 2,000 deaths isn't currently—it's not a set-in-stone figure; the public health advice is the one that I've proposed. 

8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Air Pollution ( 5 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: The 'Clean Air Plan for Wales' consultation document has public health running through it. It doesn't just talk about carbon reduction, it doesn't just talk about impact on environmental standards; it also talks about quality of life, and it talks about preventing life-limiting illness and death. So, there's certainly a thread in that plan that chimes with the motion, and the motion itself...

8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Air Pollution ( 5 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: In preparation for this debate, I read the 'Clean Air Plan for Wales' consultation document, and I also had a meeting with Public Health Wales to talk through some of the issues that are in the motion. And having done that, framing Public Health Wales as independent experts, I don't share the pessimism of Plaid Cymru, but I do welcome some of the words that are in the motion. So, I support...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd: Innovative Procurement ( 5 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: I can see that the Chair of the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee is in the Chamber, and so are members of the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee. We will be launching and publishing our report on procurement in the foundational economy later this week, so no spoilers, but I would like to ask a question about procurement related to that. It was clear from evidence...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd: Innovative Procurement ( 5 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: 5. Will the Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's support for innovative procurement in Wales? OAQ55059

QNR: Questions to the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language ( 5 Feb 2020)

Hefin David: Will the Minister make a statement on Welsh Government support for scheduled ancient monuments of national importance?

6. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Departure from the European Union (29 Jan 2020)

Hefin David: Will you take an intervention?

11. Short Debate: The case for anchor towns: Their role in building a fairer economy (22 Jan 2020)

Hefin David: But I think the problem with their proposal at this point in time is that there is no other way for people to get into the city. The trains are at capacity, the buses run far too late for work. I had massive problems this morning. The people will still travel in exactly the same numbers, they'll just pay the charge. It's a tax, as the proposals are currently set, until you get public...

11. Short Debate: The case for anchor towns: Their role in building a fairer economy (22 Jan 2020)

Hefin David: I did have a meeting with the chief executive of Caerphilly council, and you're absolutely right, the reason they went for the Caerphilly master plan was because of the strategic hubs. The problem is it left out Senghenydd. So that itself had that exact effect.

11. Short Debate: The case for anchor towns: Their role in building a fairer economy (22 Jan 2020)

Hefin David: It also seeks, as I've said, to complement Government policy on the foundational economy. And on page 8, it actually talks about foundational liveability, and it says, 'Success is about whether places work in a liveable way for many types of households. Not whether they are deficient by the GVA measure or lack the accoutrements of stylish middle class living.' I quite like that, and that is...

11. Short Debate: The case for anchor towns: Their role in building a fairer economy (22 Jan 2020)

Hefin David: He said he's going to stay as long as I make it interesting, so, if he does go, we know what he's thinking. And the definition within the report—they describe anchor towns as sub-regional centres of employment, education and key services with strong transport links, and they support new and growing businesses and provide a large enough customer base for local businesses such as food shops,...

11. Short Debate: The case for anchor towns: Their role in building a fairer economy (22 Jan 2020)

Hefin David: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. The approach I'm taking to this short debate is one that I've discussed with the Minister. I haven't actually written a speech. I have notes, but I haven't written a speech, so I don't know what I'm going to say in this speech. But what I've also agreed with the Minister is that he hasn't written much of a speech either, and he's not relying on civil service notes;...


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