2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:40 pm on 6 December 2022.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 2:40, 6 December 2022

Thank you. I absolutely accept what you're saying about the phrase 'cost-of-living crisis' and how it's just become part of our language, really, over the past few months. I was speaking with the Minister for Social Justice this morning. I know she's making urgent representations to the UK Government, and I'm sure she'll be very happy to update Members when those discussions have—. Well, they're not going to conclude, are they; I think they will certainly carry on over the winter and into the new year. But I know one thing that she is very keen to do, and she's having meetings around this, is around the standing charges for energy. Particularly, one of the areas she's looking at—and it's something that Mike Hedges, who's in the Chamber, has certainly been lobbying her on, I know, very strongly—is around the standing charges if energy hasn't been used on that particular day, for instance. So, I'm sure when—. There are a lot of conversations going on bilaterally with the UK Government and the Minister for Social Justice. I'm sure she'll be very happy to update us in due course.