, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Annie, do you want to go first, and then we'll come to Ross?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Okay. Annie, did you want to add anything?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Yes please.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Okay. We'll move to Heledd Fychan. Heledd is going to lead us to some questions focused on safeguarding the environment.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Yes, go for it.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
We'll move on to Joyce Watson.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Thank you, Annie. That's helpful.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Thank you. Annie, was there anything you wanted to add? It's fine if not.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Thank you for that. And just finally, we've had differing evidence on whether the balance is right in terms of what's on the face of the Bill and what's included in subordinate legislation. Where would you fall on that, please? And I'll go to Ross first on…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Sorry. Did you say 'halt the the current system'?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Thank you for that. Huw, you want to come in.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
That's absolutely fine. Ross.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Okay. Thank you both for that. Secondly, we have received evidence quite strongly that there needs to be clarity on the transitional arrangements of moving from the current way of doing things to new processes under the legislation. Could you set out whether…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Okay. Thank you for that. And would you have—? I take it from that answer that you would have preferred to have seen greater consultation.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Thank you. Well, that's something that we'll certainly be coming back to later as well. Thank you, Ross. Annie, is there anything you wanted to add?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Thank you, Joyce. Okay. Thank you. We'll go straight into the questions after that, then. Could I ask first if you could set out briefly what your organisation's involvement has been in how this Bill has been developed, and if you are content with that level…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Thank you. Before we go straight into questions, I'll ask whether any Members have any declarations of interest to make.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
And Annie.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Environmental organisations
Good afternoon. Welcome back. We're moving straight into our fourth panel of witnesses, and our final panel of the day. I'll ask witnesses to introduce themselves for the record. I'll go to Ross first, who's in the room.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Transport sector developers
Members, we will be breaking—. Well, for anyone watching this live on Senedd.tv, we will be back at 13:20. Diolch yn fawr.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Transport sector developers
Thank you very much for the evidence. And, Members—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Transport sector developers
Nothing from you. Are there any questions that any Members wanted to raise? No. Great. Well, thank you very much for the evidence that you've both given us this morning, and into this afternoon. A transcript of what's been said is going to be sent to you, so…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Transport sector developers
Thank you. The final question, in terms of the set questions, to Heledd.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Transport sector developers
Thank you, Geoff. And, Sonny, did you want to add anything?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Transport sector developers
That's one of the $1 million questions, isn't it? Yes. Geoff, do you want to go on that first?