QNR – in the Senedd on 22 June 2022.
Having undertaken the joint consultation with the UK Government and Northern Ireland Executive setting out the proposals for the design of the deposit-return scheme, we are working collaboratively on the final scheme design, which we aim to jointly publish before the summer recess.
Engagement with environmental organisations in Wales is ongoing, including as part of my current biodiversity deep-dive, and will be an essential part of our approach in achieving our ambitions for the global biodiversity framework. We await confirmation of the date of the COP 15 biodiversity conference this year.
Higher tariffs and standing charges are having a devasting impact on almost half of social housing tenants and a quarter of tenants in the private rented sector using pre-payment meters. Many will be in fuel poverty and will be self-disconnecting. I expect Ofgem to publish self-disconnection data later this year.