Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:40 pm on 28 June 2017.
Thank you for that positive response, and I look forward to reading your formal response too. But I do think that that shows the leadership that is necessary, and, as you know, we need to use the snares that comply with the code. It’s difficult to get a hold of them, but you’re giving some leadership there.
If I could turn to energy now, we are still waiting, of course, for a decision on the Swansea bay tidal lagoon. Since the election, I’ve written to Liz Truss, who now holds some of the purse strings in the Treasury, and have urged her to proceed with the financial permissions in order to lead in the area and put Wales in the vanguard of an industry that is sure to develop quickly. There’s £1 billion available for Northern Ireland, partly to clear up their own mess on the wood energy scheme, which demonstrates clearly that the Treasury can provide funding when the will is there. What have you done and what’s the Welsh Government done since the general election, therefore, to ensure that the tidal lagoon in Swansea bay does proceed?