, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales (5)
A lot of public bodies have faced inflationary pressures for the last 10 years, or more. So, how are the pressures faced by the royal commission compared to that, do you think—to everybody else, other public bodies?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
Maybe it’s something at UK level or—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
Excuse me. Have you tried to access funding from trusts or foundations?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
Have you tried to access additional funding from trusts or foundations—you know, private funding? Is that something you've looked at?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
Could you circulate those statistics? I love statistics. [Laughter.]
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
We learned at committee that, to encourage people in communities to take part in sport, if they had just somebody they knew, they could connect with, to actually lead them into it, that made such a difference.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
Great, thank you.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
Since COVID, we've heard about a decline in volunteers coming forward. Have you seen a return of volunteers coming to help with various—?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
Can I just ask one final question?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
I think in the past we've talked about the importance of access to sports and facilities for disadvantaged communities, and the findings were that having local access was really important—in community centres, village halls and local sports centres was really…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
[Inaudible.]—any cuts to the NHS. They see the NHS as the NHS and the hospitals and the health boards. And when they might distribute funding to sports facilities through local authorities or whatever, or social health care, then it's criticised because it's…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
[Inaudible.]—events in the Senedd were about the importance of sport with health—the connection with mental and physical health. Would you just explain or talk about the impact, perhaps on the NHS, that these cuts might have, and people not being able to…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Economic Growth
Following the announcement that the greenwashing cross-border HyNet proposal will be going ahead, piping carbon dioxide from Stanlow across Flintshire to be stored offshore at Talacre, how will the Health and Safety Executive and Natural Resources Wales…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of Natural Resources on topical issues
Thank you. Are the issues raised in Y Byd ar Bedwar a fair reflection of NRW's grasp on water quality in Wales? Are 80 per cent of permitted discharge permits not being monitored? Is it a true figure? And is up-to-date monitoring data available for all…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
I'm just concerned if we've got the right ecological skills, going forward. We know that there will be some savings of jobs, and new jobs possibly created that people will have to apply for, so I'm just concerned about loss of experience in certain areas, and…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
I wanted to—. The final question that we were going to cover, if that's okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Thank you. Just regarding planning, in evidence, you told us there's a gap in current guidance to support planning policy delivery for nature, and a need to establish a clear net benefit for biodiversity policy. We heard earlier that sometimes there's…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
We've heard concerns that a lack of resource for NRW limits implementation or may limit implementation of the biodiversity deep-dive. We know NRW helps monitor SSSIs, river and marine quality, tree planting, the SFS, maybe, going forward—there's so much that…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Hopefully, local authorities might be involved, then, going forward—as a plea—in the local nature partnerships that deliver with communities. Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
In written evidence, you told us an action plan for the whole deep-dive is needed for a team Wales approach to deliver the recommendations with clear ownership and expected time frames. In the earlier sessions, we heard that local authorities are not part of…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Yes, thank you. So, planning. Do you have any early reflections on the net benefit for biodiversity in planning?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Right, planning. Sorry, it's such an interesting topic.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
I was going to suggest, when people have their bills, you could say something then—a little leaflet about not having wet wipes. And where landowners don't understand that, their ditches, drains and culverts, it's up to them to clear them, to make sure that…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Okay. Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
With your external funding, can I just ask where you might get it from, before I go to Rhys? Sorry. Because it's really important that we know that there are all these external funding streams as well.
