, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. Welcome, everyone, to this meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee. Do any Members have any declarations of interest to make? I don't see that there are any.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Community groups & RTPI Cymru
Forgive me, as I know that we have already rehearsed this, and your views are quite clear, and you have been nuanced in this, but I just wanted to play devil's advocate for a moment. I appreciate the point that you're making about how secondary legislation…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Community groups & RTPI Cymru
Thank you. Finally from me on this, last week we had evidence from Kelvin MacDonald, who is a former examining inspector, and he was drawing on how lessons could be learned from the Planning Act 2008, because that gives provision for an inspector to make the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Community groups & RTPI Cymru
Thank you, both. Picking up on something that you've touched on, the pre-application consultation requirements that are set out in the Bill, do you think that they are adequate to engage communities and individuals—so, community groups but also those…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Community groups & RTPI Cymru
Thank you for that. On the point that James made that I stopped myself making when I was asking the question, about those groups of people who will possibly miss out because there will be fewer points of interaction with the process, do you both think that…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Community groups & RTPI Cymru
Good morning. I wanted to ask you about community involvement—this is something that has come up throughout the evidence that we've been getting so far—and whether the balance is right, whether this Bill is the correct vehicle to strengthen community…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Natural Resources Wales and the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
Okay. In the dying moments of this session, do you have any specific comments, please, on the provisions in the Bill that relate to compulsory purchase?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Natural Resources Wales and the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
I don't know if anyone else in the room wanted to come in.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Natural Resources Wales and the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
Yes, okay. Diolch. Finally, a number of stakeholders have highlighted the potential impact on developers who have cross-border projects, and how the different regimes will be interacting. Do you agree that that could be an issue, and do you have any…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Natural Resources Wales and the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
Thank you. I'm very aware that we've got five minutes left, Chair, so is it best if I move on to the final couple of questions?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Natural Resources Wales and the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
Diolch. Thank you for that. On that point precisely, do you think that there is a risk that those more engaged groups will be further empowered by this, and yet the people who are not engaged, who don't have a very strong voice in the community, who don't…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Natural Resources Wales and the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
By the way, if any other witnesses wanted to come in—. Yes, forgive me, Chair.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Natural Resources Wales and the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
Okay. Thank you for that—.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Natural Resources Wales and the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
It's about the role of communities and whether the voice of communities can be strengthened somehow, or perhaps that's not the purpose of this Bill. For Dr Clubb in particular, in your paper with the future generations commissioner, you mentioned—. You called…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Natural Resources Wales and the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
Thank you for that. Okay, well, one of the other tensions that is in this Bill—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Natural Resources Wales and the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Bore da, bawb. When it comes to examination and decisions, we've had some mixed feedback on the provisions in the Bill that would allow for either the examining authority or Welsh Ministers to make decisions. People who have given us the…
, Plenary
Emergency Question: Net Zero
Diolch, Weinidog. Rishi Sunak's decision to weaken key climate policies is an affront to our shared future, an attempt not to rewrite history so much as to unwrite the future, to prevent it from coming into being. He is willing to throw our progress on the…
, Plenary
Emergency Question: Net Zero
Will the Minister make a statement on how Wales’ net-zero commitments will be impacted by the recent announcement from the UK Government that they are considering delaying the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars until 2035? (EQ0011)
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Green energy
Again, the Minister condemned the UK Government's recent actions in recent minutes. She talked about the projects that deserve our attention and our congratulations, and I share the Minister's concern about the Conservatives' decision to embrace coal—as she…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Green energy
Sioned reminded us all about the need for the just transition to be more than empty rhetoric. It’s not inevitable—being unjust is not inevitable—but we must empower our communities. Decarbonisation, as Sioned said, is not simple, but we must avoid creating…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Green energy
—to put an end to us being always in this position of extractive policies. Altaf talked about how extreme events in the climate are now becoming the norm—those two extremes. One of the dangers about that phenomenon, I think, is that it allows too many of us…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Green energy
He particularly talked about the risk to our coastal communities and the impact that the neglect of the Tories will have on those communities, and he asked what the Government could do—
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Green energy
—the differences between populism and supporting the population.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Green energy
Cefin mentioned the difference between what is thought to be 'popular' and what is beneficial to our population—
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Green energy
We began with Janet. Janet set out a number of the areas where she thinks the Government here should progress further. She referred to Lord Deben. I can only imagine how devastated Lord Deben will be by what he will be hearing as we speak, no doubt, from the…
