18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
Diolch yn fawr iawn. We will come on to the Bill now. Diolch, Delyth. I'll invite Janet to lead us in a few questions.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
Yes, after you.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
You're right, we are going to come on to talk about the Bill—
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
That's a good example.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
That's a question that we can ask others. I'm just mindful that we've only asked two questions. Delyth, back to you.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
Okay. Which suggests that the programme for government was not budgeted for, but there we are. That's not for you to answer.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
And Richard Unsworth made the point earlier in the previous session that an element of the programme of government around seagrass is needing to apply from a competitive pot of funding to be implemented, which is hardly the best approach, really.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
Carolyn, very quickly.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
Yes. [Laughter.] Yes, I feel your pain. [Laughter.] Okay, well, look, we'll come back to these issues from different perspectives as we go along, so I'll invite Delyth now to take us into the next area of questioning.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
Okay.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
Sure. But bringing those into statutory targets, et cetera, you think is a way of trying to capture that, I suppose, yes?
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
Sure. Sorry to interrupt, but maybe what I should ask is: do you think there's a clear picture of progress against the global targets at the minute?
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
Sure. And we'll come on to some specifics in a minute. I'm just trying to get a picture of whether you think the Government are pretty clear in their minds in terms of where they’re at in terms of those global targets. Or are we still in a bit of a…
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
I'll come to you, Chloe. I mean, the academics in the previous session told us that much of what's happening now is, frankly, based on goodwill and teamwork. Is that a fair reflection, do you think? What does the trajectory look like?
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
Alex.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda sefydliadau amgylcheddol
Wel, croeso nôl i'r pwyllgor. Rydyn ni'n symud at yr ail banel i glywed tystiolaeth ganddyn nhw y bore yma, sef sefydliadau amgylcheddol. Mae'n bleser gen i groesawu Annie Smith, sydd yn bennaeth polisi ac eiriolaeth gyda'r Gymdeithas Frenhinol er Gwarchod…
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
And that's a positive note to finish on, so thank you very much to the three of you for joining us this morning. We very much appreciate the evidence that you've given us, both in written form, but also today orally. It will certainly inform the work that we…
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
And the very last word from Victoria.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Sure, and we understand that the Government has, just this week, published a consultation on the principles of private investment in this sphere, so, hopefully, those issues will be addressed as part of that. Fine. We’ll move on finally, then, to Joyce.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Okay. Fine. We’ll move on to the—. Do you want to add anything?
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Thank you. Steve.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
What was it, sorry?
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Go on. Good, because that's where I was going to go next. We've spoken a lot about funding, but we haven't really addressed it.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Well, yes, go on then.
18 Medi 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Atal a gwrthdroi colli natur erbyn 2030 - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag academyddion
Excellent. Okay. Thank you very much for that. Right, I'm conscious we have 20 minutes left, and I know that Carolyn, Joyce and, if possible, I would like to come in on a few things as well, so we'll move straight to Carolyn.
