Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:24 pm on 18 January 2023.
Thank you, Janet Finch-Saunders, also for giving me a minute of your time on this really important debate. And I certainly want to echo the comments of colleagues in terms of support for this really important potential and future industry. And of course, within all this, north Wales, in particular north-east Wales, has a great opportunity to see this technology flourish. And at this point, I'd like to put on record the good work highlighted and the good work being carried out by HyNet in north-east Wales, linking to north-west England. HyNet, as I'm sure many of us know, is the UK's leading industrial decarbonisation project, and, from the mid 2020s, in the next few years, it will be producing, storing and distributing low-carbon hydrogen to replace those fossil fuels in such an industrial part of the country. It will also be capturing and locking up carbon dioxide emissions from industry as well. So it's a very, very important piece of work taking place—billions of pounds have been invested into it as well. But, as I mentioned, this really does highlight to me the importance of working collaboratively across the border, and I'd ask the Minister to perhaps comment on that and encourage that continued cross-border collaboration with that HyNet project taking place in north-east Wales into the north-west of England. Diolch yn fawr iawn.