Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:38 pm on 13 June 2017.
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Well, talking about making good on promises, leader of the house, it’s about nine months now since the issue of woodchip fires, and the illegal dumping of woodchip, was raised in this Chamber. It’s an issue that particularly affects my region. In all fairness, the Cabinet Secretary said that she was taking this seriously, in recognising the insufficiency of both regulation and the resources to enforce the existing regulation, let alone new regulation. I’d be very grateful if you could ask for a statement from her department, updating us on progress, on the areas of regulation that need reform, the evidence that’s underpinned the decisions that she is coming to at this stage, and what progress is being made on perhaps even early drafts of improved regulations that will help her prevent this serious issue, particularly in my region, happening again—appearing again.