By Lesley Griffiths
MS for Wrexham
Congratulations to everyone at The Venture.
Wales’ flagship Integrated Children’s Centre recently received excellent inspection results. I remain so proud to be a patron of this wonderful organisation and the results provide independent evidence of what an excellent and valuable service The Venture provides to children and families in Caia Park.
As well as celebrating the perfect inspection results, I was recently invited to The Venture to commend its ongoing relationship with Virgin Media.
Two years after the provider first connected up the children’s centre, the company has renewed its commitment to providing free ultrafast broadband services to the charity.
Access to fast, reliable broadband is essential in this day and age and I am so pleased The Venture will continue to benefit.
Eradicating single-use plastic is a key commitment of the Welsh Government and Wales is once again leading the way as a number of unnecessary disposable plastic items have now been banned from being sold across the country.
In December 2022, Wales made history by becoming the first part of the UK to legislate against a thorough list of disposable plastic products, such as single-use plastic cutlery, plates, drinking straws and stirrers.
The purpose of the new law, which came into effect on 30 October, is to reduce the flow of plastic pollution into our environment by prohibiting the supply of some of the most commonly littered items.
Wales is currently ranked as the world’s third best domestic recycler and the new law demonstrates how the Welsh Government is continuing to take ambitious steps to tackle the climate and nature emergencies.
I hope this ground-breaking move will change people’s mindsets and encourage them to choose more reusable products, helping us avoid leaving a legacy of plastic waste for future generations.
The second phase of the ban will include plastic single-use carrier bags, polystyrene lids for cups and food containers and products made of oxo-degradable plastic. This will come into force before the end of the Senedd term.
As always, if you’re a constituent in Wrexham and there is something I could help you with, please do not hesitate to contact me via email: lesley.griffiths@senedd.wales or call my office: 01978 355743. You can also keep up to date by following me on Twitter and Facebook, just search @lesley4wrexham.
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