22 Mai 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Atal trais ar sail rhywedd drwy ddulliau iechyd y cyhoedd: sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
So, when you talk about a blueprint approach, you're meaning a collaborative approach, are you?
22 Mai 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Atal trais ar sail rhywedd drwy ddulliau iechyd y cyhoedd: sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Don't worry. Obviously, there's a new policy action by the Welsh Government on gender-based violence, and, obviously, you're arguing very strongly for a public health approach. Could you tell us how the Welsh Government has approached the vision and the…
22 Mai 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Atal trais ar sail rhywedd drwy ddulliau iechyd y cyhoedd: sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
This is our first evidence session on our inquiry into the public health approach to preventing gender-based violence, and I'm very pleased to welcome Lara Snowdon, the public health lead in the violence prevention unit within Public Health Wales. So, thank…
22 Mai 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Cyflwyniadau, ymddiheuriadau a dirprwyon
Prynhawn da—or it will be in about 20 seconds. Welcome to the Equality and Social Justice Committee. This is a bilingual institution, so we welcome contributions in English and Welsh, and there is instantaneous translation from Welsh to English. I've had one…
17 Mai 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl Plaid Cymru: Clefydau anadlol
Rwy'n cytuno'n llwyr â chi, a diolch am dynnu sylw at bwysigrwydd y ddeddfwriaeth y mae’r pwyllgor newid hinsawdd yn craffu arni ar hyn o bryd. A fyddech yn cytuno â mi mai cerbydau'n segura yw un o’r gweithgareddau mwyaf dibwrpas a niweidiol, ac y dylid rhoi…
17 Mai 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl ar Adroddiad y Pwyllgor Llywodraeth Leol a Thai—Digartrefedd
—roeddem yn meddwl mai dim ond 10 munud y byddent yn ei gymryd, ond mewn gwirionedd, gellir adeiladu cartrefi ffrâm bren modern ar safle mewn dwy i dair wythnos. Ac rwy'n deall nad oes cyfalaf gan Lywodraeth Cymru i ddiwallu'r angen, felly mae angen inni…
17 Mai 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl ar Adroddiad y Pwyllgor Llywodraeth Leol a Thai—Digartrefedd
Hoffwn ddiolch i'r Pwyllgor Llywodraeth Leol a Thai am adroddiad diddorol iawn. Mae hyn yn rhywbeth sy'n effeithio ar yr holl Aelodau, rwy'n credu, ond mae'n sicr yn broblem fawr yn fy etholaeth i. Rwy'n credu eich bod wedi cynnwys llawer o'r heriau a'r…
17 Mai 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad
Diolch yn fawr, Gwnsler Cyffredinol. Mae etholiadau'n ysgogi llawer o weithgarwch ar-lein, ac ar un lefel, mae hynny'n beth da iawn, i alluogi pobl i ymgysylltu â materion sy'n codi mewn unrhyw etholiad penodol. Fodd bynnag, gwelwyd tueddiad gan grwpiau…
17 Mai 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad
4. Beth mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei wneud i atal lledaenu twyllwybodaeth yn ystod etholiadau Cymru? OQ59511
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Thank you.
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
I just wanted to ask you about these existing provisions, because I represent a very urban constituency, so, commercial air conditioning systems used by restaurants and takeaways sit alongside flats above shops, and yet, that seems to be tolerated. Is it that…
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Thank you.
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Anyway, people do it and they give that as the excuse, because I regularly—
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
I can see there are complex arguments around idling while you’re in a traffic queue, and the adverse impact of everybody starting up together, but surely keeping your vehicle idling because you want to keep the central heating on or you want to charge your…
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Fine. So, other than that, you think that—. Okay. I think I'll leave it there, as we're short of time.
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Yes, okay. What comment might you have on the reporting requirements set out in the Bill as to whether they're sufficiently robust, to ensure that Welsh Ministers are held to account if they fail to meet air quality targets?
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Well, I think the thing about rural pollution is it's not so much the impact on people as opposed to the impact on biodiversity, where it seems to be really significant.
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Thank you. So, that takes me to the final area of questioning, really, which is on the gaps that there may or may not be for monitoring and reporting air quality data, and what changes would be needed to give the Minister more confidence that she can take…
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
I just want to—. Two more questions, really, from me. What's your view on the get-out-of-jail clause, to allow Welsh Ministers to revoke or lower targets in this Bill? Why would that be necessary, under what circumstances?
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Joyce.
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Okay. So, at the moment, all the information that your members are gathering does or doesn't get fed in to Welsh Government—it just gets filed or—?
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Okay. Thank you for that. There's no requirement on the Welsh Government, in the way the Bill's drafted, to consult with stakeholders before setting targets. What role do you think consulting stakeholders like yourselves would have to support these more…
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Obviously, there are pollution plumes from particular industrial emissions and also concentrations of illegal levels of air pollution in constituencies like mine—inner-city Cardiff. So, we're already not meeting the guidelines. So, the more stringent WHO…
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
So, given that you're asking for a nitrogen reduction strategy and for the Bill to adhere to WHO air quality guidelines, how satisfied are you that the target-setting process is sufficiently robust in terms of ambition as well as being achievable air quality…
17 Mai 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil yr Amgylchedd (Ansawdd Aer a Seinweddau) (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Okay. So, could you just expand on your point that once ammonia mixes with industrial and transport emissions, it increases the levels of PM2.5 in the air, because that's not something I was aware of?
