2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:01 pm on 16 July 2019.

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Photo of Mike Hedges Mike Hedges Labour 3:01, 16 July 2019

I would like to ask for a Government statement on incineration. Many of us across the Chamber would like to see an end to non-medical incineration. Last year, the chief scientific adviser to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Professor Sir Ian Boyd, warned that further investment in energy-from-waste plants would stunt the UK's recycling rates. One way to extinguish the value in materials fast is to stick it in an incinerator and burn it. Does the Government agree with that viewpoint, and will they take action?

Also, very briefly, can I ask for a statement by the Minister for finance on transaction capital? I would hope that we could have that once a year, because there is over £1 billion in that transaction capital, and I believe that we, as an Assembly, have a right to know how it's being spent and how it's being paid back.