, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
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)
Siân wants to come in as well.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
Thank you. I know Lee wants to come in.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
In your evidence paper, you said that, 'participation in sport is already significantly skewed against inequality and people on low incomes'. So, that was in the evidence that you've given us. How will that inequality gap be affected by these further cuts…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
Welcome to both of you. We will move straight into questions, if that is okay. I'll ask the first.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
Thank you very much.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Sport Wales (4)
We will take evidence this morning for our inquiry into the impact of funding reductions for culture and sport, and first of all, we have an evidence session with Sport Wales. I will ask our witnesses to introduce themselves for the record.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. I'd like to welcome Members to this meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee. I would like to note apologies from Alun Davies and Heledd Fychan, and I'd like to welcome Siân Gwenllian…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Gweinidog. This does concern me greatly. In the coming weeks, thousands of pensioners in Wales will suffer the cold bite of winter because their winter fuel allowance has been cut. Now, this is the grim result of Labour's lack of will because, yes…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
7. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact on pensioners in South Wales East of UK Government cuts to the winter fuel allowance? OQ61672
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of Natural Resources on topical issues
Diolch. Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of Natural Resources on topical issues
Thank you very much, Nadia. In terms of resource implications for NRW, are budget pressures an issue here? Do you have enough money to pursue all of those prosecutions that you feel should be pursued that way?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of Natural Resources on topical issues
Thank you, Chair. Do you have any further details that you can give us, please, about any potential prosecutions of any water companies, either for pollution incidents or permit compliance issues?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Yes. Just finally from me, evidently it's well publicised the budget cuts that you're having to face and, obviously, as a committee, we can appreciate how difficult that will be. One of the casualties because of that will be that the budget for land…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Thank you. Cadeirydd, do I have time for one more question?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Thank you. Forgive me, Ceri, do you want to come in?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Okay, thank you. Ceri is nodding as well. RSPB have told us that the framework for the sustainable management of natural resources in the Act isn't currently focused on biodiversity recovery. They suggested that the objective of those resources should…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Thank you for that. I take it that you wouldn't be able to tell us what that habitat is that's causing the delay, but would you anticipate that it would be spring next year when that would be published, or is it not possible to say that at the moment?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Bore da, pawb. I want to ask you about the Environment (Wales) Act 2016. Firstly, the updated list of the section 7 list of priority species and habitats—that still hasn't been published. We had been promised that that would be published in…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Thank you very much.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Great, thank you for that. And just finally from me, Rhys, the deep-dive on biodiversity commits to considering the need for legislation to reform the governance of designated landscapes in the next Senedd. Is that timescale soon enough in your view? Do we…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Sorry to interrupt, Rhys. Is there something that you think would help with that, that we could push for? Or maybe if you want to consider that, a letter—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Do you think that this would help in any way to improve how the public can understand things? A lot of people live nearby or right beside an area that is designated, and maybe they don't know that, or they might not appreciate what the importance of that is…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Thank you, Chair. Good morning, everyone. My questions are for Rhys and Landscapes Wales, but if anyone else in the room wants to come in on anything, Chair, can you say, because maybe I won't see their hands going up? So, Rhys, looking at designated…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Natural Resources Wales—Annual Scrutiny 2023-24'
I would like to thank the committee team, the committee Chair and the Members for their work on this consultation. I would like to start by acknowledging the vital role that NRW plays in protecting our environment, managing our natural resources and tackling…
