22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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How would you characterise the council's relationship with local residents and community groups on this issue in years gone by, because, clearly, we've had evidence from individuals who feel that the council has come nowhere near where it should have been in…
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Okay. Fine. Fair enough. Okay, thank you for that. Joyce.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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So, it sounds to me as if there's not much happening for the next few months. Is that an unfair characterisation? It might be. It might be.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Okay, fine, because I can't see how very meaningful those plans could be unless that expertise is very much around the table at a very early stage.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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And roughly when would that be, do you think? At what stage of the process, not in terms of dates, because we don't know them, do we?
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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So, they won't be involved in any discussions about what might work or what might not work before something lands on your desk from MSW.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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So, there's no involvement in what that might look like until it's submitted. Is that what you're saying?
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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So, you've chosen not to involve Carmarthenshire County Council, who provided you with mineral planning services in the discussions around the amended restoration plan or programme. Is there any particular reason for that, because I would expect their…
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Yes, well I was going to roll two questions into one, if you'll allow me.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Adfer safleoedd glo brig - sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Very, very briefly, then, please, if you would, because we short on time.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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So, what's your understanding? I'm just a bit confused as to why we're talking about two different figures to do the same thing here.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Sorry, Janet, we're short on time here, so I'm going to have to maybe jump forward a little bit, but I just want to ask, first of all: it was referenced that MSW believe that the £15 million is for site restoration, so what is the £74.5 million sitting in a…
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Thank you. Thank you, Julie. Janet.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Adfer safleoedd glo brig - sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Okay, we've moved firmly on to restoration now.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Adfer safleoedd glo brig - sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Thank you. Okay. Julie, you've been very patient. Thank you.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Adfer safleoedd glo brig - sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Okay. Very, very briefly.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Okay. I've spoken with people who went out to look at the northern lights recently, and they said the whole place was illuminated and there were vehicles moving around. So, is that normal, would you expect, given the status of activity that you outlined?
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Yes.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Okay, fine, because we're two thirds of the way through our time allocation and we're not even halfway through the areas of questioning that we were hoping to cover. There was reference to what's going on on the site, et cetera. Could you just explain to me…
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Geraint. The other Geraint wanted to come in as well.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Geraint Thomas.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Geraint wants to come in on this as well.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Yes. Delyth.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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We'll come on to the revised restoration in a moment. Given that you've spoken a bit about abandonment, do you want to pick up—? I know both Janet and Delyth want to pursue that.
22 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
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Thank you. Janet, back to you.
