6. Plaid Cymru Debate: Establishing a Publicly Owned Energy Company

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:34 pm on 6 June 2018.

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Photo of Hannah Blythyn Hannah Blythyn Labour 4:34, 6 June 2018

Clearly, this is an ongoing discussion in terms of what works in Wales. Hopefully I can get on to some of that further in the response as well.

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