Results 81–100 of 2000 for speaker:Lee Waters

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Renewable Energy (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: Thank you. There is very significant resource potential that exists in the seas around the Welsh coast to generate renewable energy. That's why we've established the marine energy programme to lead on our programme for government commitment to make Wales a global centre of tidal technologies.

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Empty Housing Stock (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: Well, I appreciate you raising it, and it is a good question, and I thank you for raising it. You have written to us and we are working on a response and getting to the bottom of the situation in Betsi Cadwaladr. Of course, not all vacant housing stock in public ownership is available or suitable for letting: they may well be being kept for other schemes; they may be part of further...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Empty Housing Stock (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: Thank you for raising this very important issue. The latest figures suggest that around 1 per cent of social housing stock held by local authorities has been vacant for more than six months.

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Inner Urban Environments (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: Well, I have been leading an exercise looking at what we can do to help town centres; what are the barriers to improving them? We all know, from our own areas, of the sorry state of many town centres and the huge pressures that are on them—pressures that are only going to get worse with rising energy prices. And I am very concerned about the lack of an offer from the UK Government for...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Inner Urban Environments (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: Well, thanks very much for highlighting the great work going on in Maindee, John. I'm pleased that the Maindee Unlimited triangle project has received over £200,000 of Welsh Government money towards transforming what was a public toilet into a community hub and green space. That was through our community facilities programme, and applicants can submit up to three applications totalling a...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Inner Urban Environments (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: The focus of our Transforming Towns programme is the sustainable development of our town centres, supporting investments in our towns that are shaped by place-making plans and include green space, reuse of derelict buildings as community hubs and increasing the variety of services on offer. I paid my first visit to the refurbished Newport market last week, after a visit with John...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Rail Services (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: Thank you. Yes, there are particular challenges on that line, because only one of the trains that we have are able to use it. So, when there are problems with the carriages, it makes it very difficult to provide an alternative. As I say, as we cascade our new fleet of trains across the network, there will be improvements for, I think, 95 per cent of passengers and journeys, which will be a...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Rail Services (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: There were some difficulties after the Georgia match on the weekend because, again, of reliability of some of the rolling stock, and, as I say, we have got active plans now to replenish that in the coming months, which I think will make a significant difference. We are investing significantly in services, and we need that to be matched by infrastructure investment from the UK Government in...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Rail Services (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: I was grateful that the Member wrote to me about his constituents' experience of being left behind in Llanwrtyd, and I hope he got my response on that. There have been problems right across the rail system. We've been particularly struggling with the legacy fleet of trains that are, many of them, not as reliable as we'd want them to be, and that has been causing impacts on the reliability of...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Rail Services (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: Transport for Wales are increasing the number of rail services on the Heart of Wales line from this December from five services a day to seven. The refurbishment of the rolling stock used on this line has also recently been completed, providing an improved passenger facility.

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Floating Offshore Wind Power (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: He's right, and we're interested in all opportunities to improve renewables capacity. One of the things we're also keen on is to make sure we have a supply chain and a benefit to the local economy, both through ownership and through manufacture. I've never found it fathomable why we are having German pension funds invested in wind farms off north Wales when we're not benefiting directly from...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Floating Offshore Wind Power (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: The Member may remember that, just under a year ago, I led a deep dive into renewables to look at what barriers were in the way of us achieving our ambitious targets. One of the recommendations we came up with there was an end-to-end review—if a deep dive can come up with an end-to-end review; you know what I mean, we're lost in jargon here—of the consenting process from beginning to end,...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Floating Offshore Wind Power (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: Floating offshore wind has the potential to contribute significantly to Wales and Great Britain’s future net-zero energy system and is a fantastic opportunity to bring social and economic benefits to our coastal communities. We are working closely with industry, the Crown Estate and the UK Government to make this a reality.

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Reducing Carbon Emissions (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: The ministerial code makes it clear that Ministers have to think carefully about the need to travel and whether or not there is a justification for it. Of course, there will be times when there is a justification for it. The examples that he chose were about pursuing trade opportunities, about developing relationships with other countries, and about telling people about the work that we are...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Reducing Carbon Emissions (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: The Welsh Government, along with other public organisations, has a responsibility to reduce its carbon impact and to act as a role model for others. Officials in our department have developed a net-zero strategic plan for the Welsh Government, which will be published before Christmas to inform future action.

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: She is, of course, right to be distressed by the increasing likelihood that we're not going to be able to reach the target set in the Paris agreement, and I think people need to focus on what this means. When we have the world's scientists telling us that we are facing catastrophic irreversible climate change, we really need to sit up and take notice. We're going to have to account for our...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: I completely agree with Delyth Jewell that the outcomes of the COP summit were disappointing and frustrating. The problems with these international summits is they inevitably move at the pace of the slowest, because there needs to be unanimous agreement. Clearly, a number of countries have their own reasons for slowing progress, and that, simply, is not going to be adequate to deal with the...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: Well, I can only assume that Natasha Asghar's researchers have the week off, but, clearly, she got a lot out of this week's Sharp End, which I'm sure they'll be very pleased about. Now, the issue of road charging is simply a reflection of the fact that petrol tax will disappear as people stop driving petrol cars. It's her party's Government in the UK who has set a legal deadline to stop...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: Well, I do enjoy the post-match analysis of my interviews; it's always very good to get feedback, and, again, from tabloid newspaper editors. Perhaps she should be a tabloid tv critic as well; there are certainly other avenues open to her should she not decide her future is in politics, which would be a great shame.  The provision of 50 mph speed limits, as the Member knows, were, in many...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (23 Nov 2022)

Lee Waters: I fear the Member's career as a tabloid newspaper editor has escaped her. The idea that I 'hit out' is rather sensationalist, I think. I was expressing my frustration with some of the comments that have been made, which I don't accept the premise of. I understand the concerns, and we're working with them on it, and we're working to understand better some of the problems they're having. We...


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