, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Oh, yes. Forgive me, I'm not—. I know that you are already trying very hard to do this, and I know that this is not, by any means, only the case with marine. As you have just been saying, public awareness of just how planning works generally is a hurdle. But…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 3: marine planning and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Diolch. What you are saying, Claire, and what so many of you are saying in this session, is so powerful and really emotive. So much of what we are talking about today, I feel, if members of the public were more aware of this, it would be not just good in…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 2: marine energy developers
Sorry. I wasn't doing that to you, Jess, I was doing it to Llyr; I was trying to—. It's really quick. I know that there's no time to ask you about this now, but, could you, with the Chair's agreement and the committee's agreement, send us more information…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 2: marine energy developers
Diolch. Moving on to a different area, for anyone who's not directly involved in marine development, it can be something of a case of out of sight, out of mind, if people don't know that much about it. How do you think, or what do you think can be done, to…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 2: marine energy developers
There are—. Okay, so again, it's politically charged, evidently. There are some, including me, who would argue, and people who would know far more about it, of course, who would argue, that were control over the Crown Estate to be devolved, that that would…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 2: marine energy developers
Thanks. Jess, do you want to add anything to that? There are lots of things I'd want to ask you, but I don't think it's fair to ask you two these things, so—.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 2: marine energy developers
I know this is quite politically charged.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 2: marine energy developers
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Good morning. Could you talk us through the role of the Crown Estate, please, in marine energy development and ambition? How does the role of the Crown Estate, as it is, enable that to happen, and how does it constrain it?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 1: Natural Resources Wales
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 1: Natural Resources Wales
Yes, I know it's a difficult thing to ask, sorry.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 1: Natural Resources Wales
Oh, you're muted, Rhian.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 1: Natural Resources Wales
Diolch. This is probably a difficult question because I'm asking you to quantify something unknown. But, in terms of the gap in knowledge in the marine environment around Wales, either how would that gap in knowledge compare with, say, what's facing other…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 1: Natural Resources Wales
I think Huw's got a supplementary.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 1: Natural Resources Wales
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I wanted to ask about evidence gaps and resourcing. Mary's just been referring to this; it's come up a little already. Firstly, is Wales's marine evidence strategy—? Can you talk us through the role and how much you think that that is able…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Food poverty
This is a terribly timely debate as we are in the grips of what is already a difficult winter. Citizens Advice figures show that one in five people have already cut back on their food shop in the last three months to save money. One in 10 anticipate having to…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Could you confirm, Minister, that the Welsh Government has received confirmation from Keir Starmer that a future Labour UK Government would provide Wales with the full Barnett share of HS2 expenditure, backdated to the first pound spent?
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Minister, taking up that exact point, Wales could lose out on £5 billion due to being excluded from Barnett consequentials for HS2 spending. This, as you'll obviously know, represents around 5 per cent of the total expended expenditure of the project. It…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Minister, I fully agree that we need to be cognisant of the various challenges that the transport sector is facing. Regardless of whose fault these risks are, I struggle to see how it can be said that trains are fundamentally safe, but, maybe, at some times…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Last week, the head of Transport for Wales said that travelling on their trains was fundamentally safe. Welsh Government guidance states that the following measures need to be followed to ensure COVID safety: keeping distance from…
, 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 and for the meeting on 15 December 2021
So, we will move on to item 6. In accordance with Standing Order 17.42, I resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Are you as Members content with that? Everyone content? We will continue in private and I will await instructions to…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
Members, we'll move to item 5, papers to note. Item 5.1, additional information from Cardiff University following the one-day inquiry on arts and creative industries. Eitem 5.2, a letter from the First Minister to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh language civic organisations
Thank you very much, Ruth. Thank you to you all as witnesses for your evidence this morning. You will receive a transcript of your comments so that you can check that, and I'm sure we'll be speaking to you all again on many of the issues that you've raised…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh language civic organisations
Thank you for that, Efa. We will go to Ruth to close.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh language civic organisations
Thank you, Meirion. Efa, you wanted to come in.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh language civic organisations
Thank you, Mabli. Meirion.
