, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Very briefly, as I know we're out of time. Thank you very much for that offer of a note. In that note as well, would it be possible please for you to reflect on whether you think there are any other countries where you think that they're getting this—? I know…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Yes, that would be very useful, please. Thank you very much. Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Yes, that would be, please. Thank you very much for that. The other thing that I wanted to ask you about is about community involvement. This has already arisen and it's something that many of us as Members are concerned about in relation to the Bill. Hannah…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Diolch. Good morning. I wanted to ask you firstly about local planning authority resources and the extent to which they'll be able to cope with the new process. The Minister has said that she thinks that they should have enough resource, but some experts who…
, Plenary
Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
I'd like to echo the concerns of public health organisations like the British Heart Foundation and Healthy Air Cymru that the Bill as drafted isn't strong enough and that there are so many missed opportunities. I really hope that, as the Bill progresses, as…
, Plenary
Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
And it's also a question of social injustice. Research shows that air pollution is higher in those areas in Wales that are described as deprived. The link between air pollution, poverty and health is clear, and people from less privileged areas are more…
, Plenary
Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Now, I was very glad to work with the climate change committee to scrutinise the Bill. Our report provides a series of recommendations, as has been ably set out, and though we do really welcome the principles behind this Bill, we have put forward some…
, Plenary
Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
I'm sure that many people across Wales will welcome this legislation, and I'd like to thank those people who have worked on this Bill, those who have supported the need for legislation on air, the cross-party groups under Huw, and a number of people who have…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Energy Bill
Diolch, Gweinidog. This is concerning. The Minister had acknowledged in a letter to my colleague and Chair of the climate change committee recently that the Bill's provisions, when they come to Wales, will affect the Government here's ability to develop…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
Thank you, Minister, for the statement. I congratulate you on the way that you responded in many ways to some of the points that have been made. We have to change the way in which we live if we want to take the risk of air pollution seriously, and the risk of…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Ffos-y-frân opencast mine in Merthyr has received UK-wide attention because the company has continued to extract coal a year after it was told to stop, churning out dust and carbon and muck into the atmosphere. The Good Law Project estimates that more than…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
5. Will the First Minister make a statement on the current situation regarding ongoing coal mining at Ffos-y-frân? OQ59900
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The Crown Estate
This land can never be looked on coldly. We cannot only see it through the prism of hectares or habitats, as vital as those metrics are. But the land to Wales is also our heritage. As R.S. Thomas, that poet of the land and Iago Prytherch, said: 'This is his…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The Crown Estate
As Gerallt Lloyd Owen mentioned in his poem 'Etifeddiaeth', 'We were given a country to care for, / a piece of land as proof / that we insisted on existence.' A piece of land that is testament to our efforts, our determination, our hopes and our ambitions.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The Crown Estate
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Wales is a nation rich in potential and no more so than in our natural resources—the tides and wind, the energy that's inherent in our land and waters. But so much of those riches are at a remove from us. They do not benefit the people…
, Plenary
Finance Committee Debate—The Welsh Government’s spending priorities for the 2024-25 budget
Secondly, Dirprwy Lywydd, I'd like to talk about Wales and Ireland connections. We heard recently about the enthusiasm for collaboration between partners on both shores of the Irish sea as part of the Wales-Ireland programme, now and in future. This is…
, Plenary
Finance Committee Debate—The Welsh Government’s spending priorities for the 2024-25 budget
Perhaps it's difficult, Dirprwy Lywydd, to quantify what a loss these treasures would be to us; they tell our story as a nation, and their loss would be immeasurable, unquantifiable. I'm put in mind of a line in Stoppard's Arcadia, where a student learns…
, Plenary
Finance Committee Debate—The Welsh Government’s spending priorities for the 2024-25 budget
Thank you to the Finance Committee for holding today's debate. Like a number of our fellow committees, the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee has a number of priorities for the Welsh Government's budget for…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Minister, surely part of what we're witnessing here, and, indeed, with sewage increases across the UK, is a consequence of weakened environmental governance in the wake of Brexit. Wales has waited for too long for the delivery of new arrangements to tackle…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
Unless there's something else to say regarding the papers, we'll move on to item 5, and in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, I propose to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meetings. Are Members content to agree the motion? Okay…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
Okay. Everyone seems content with us taking that action.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
Carolyn, were you saying that you were agreeing or did you want to—?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
Okay. Both are happy.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
The context.
