6. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Offshore renewable energy

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:11 pm on 18 January 2023.

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Photo of Samuel Kurtz Samuel Kurtz Conservative 5:11, 18 January 2023

I'm sorry, Minister, I'm not being patronising—[Interruption.] I'm not being patronising. The UK has generated only 3 per cent of the global human carbon dioxide output, yet, as Andrew R.T. Davies said, we've got the largest, second largest, third largest and fourth largest offshore windfarms. I think we should be damn proud of what we've achieved here in the United Kingdom. We should be damn proud of what Wales can do in that renewable story as well.

So, I will not listen to—. There are no political masters with me, Minister. I make my own decisions when I'm in this Chamber here, and I am proud to be able to support the Welsh Conservative group, proud—[Interruption.] As long as my whip agrees with me; that's absolutely right. I'm proud to support this motion, and I urge all the Members in the Chamber this afternoon to do so too. Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd.