, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
I beg your pardon.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
I think that's clarified that. They will have heard it. We have a long and porous border with England—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
'Can ask', did you say?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you for that clarification. Some witnesses, for example the Royal Town Planning Institute, questioned why the production and transport of hydrogen wasn't included, and Wales & West Utilities were saying the ommission of pipelines and gas storage are…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
So, any putative applicant can assume that if they're having to do an environmental impact assessment, it's going to come into this category.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
So, how will the putative applicant be able to discover whether or not their proposal is likely to fall into this significant category, because, otherwise, they're going to say, 'Oh, well, I just can't be bothered, because I don't know.'
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Okay, so let me keep going on that front. It's been highlighted to us that alteration or improvement of a highway is a SIP if, amongst other things, it's likely to have a significant effect on the environment. Who is going to determine that that effect is…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Right. So, why not put it on the face of the Bill if the lawyers have already got a way of doing it?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. I just wanted to look at some of the definitions of categories. First of all, some of our early witnesses were saying that, whilst we're talking about significant infrastructure, we then refer to something that means a significant infrastructure…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
So, would you envisage that the developer would pay into a fund and somebody else would do the research? Because I think we all acknowledge that there are lots of unknowns about offshore wind, but it's expensive to do research and we don't want to be…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
I attended a stakeholder event organised by the Royal Town Planning Institute, and they all seem to be saying, 'What we want is clarity.' Because, clearly, they're going to invest a huge amount of money in making a successful application, and there is…
, Plenary
Debate: The Children’s Commissioner for Wales’ Annual Report 2022-23
I certainly agree with you that they are only in school for 39 weeks—it's 39 weeks—but I still think we need to understand the complexities of this a lot more. So, the numbers who worry about not having enough to eat are reduced by the time the child becomes…
, Plenary
Debate: The Children’s Commissioner for Wales’ Annual Report 2022-23
Several people have mentioned the impact of child poverty and I'd like to pick up on the statistic that 45 per cent of seven to 11-year-olds worry about not having enough to eat. Because I think this is actually more complicated than just saying, ‘This is a…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Update on 2023-24 Financial Position
—but also have the back-office services all combined into one service.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Update on 2023-24 Financial Position
—we recommended efforts to achieve efficiencies and greater productivity through collaboration, including integration of back-office functions between the commissioner and the public services ombudsman. Yet the report by the Public Accounts and Public…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Update on 2023-24 Financial Position
It's clear from your statement, finance Minister, that we face very challenging times, not least because of the mismanagement of the UK Government. But we absolutely have to ensure that we are using the resources that we do have at our disposal to the very…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I just want to associate myself with the remarks made by Darren Millar. Having read the gambling White Paper, I just think it is absolutely not fit for purpose. It's called 'High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age', but it simply isn't addressing the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Data Justice: the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS—evidence session 4
The committee will now go back into closed session as previously agreed.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Data Justice: the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS—evidence session 4
Thank you very much, both of you, for your time. We will send you a transcript of your contributions, which I would ask you to review to make sure that we've captured your contributions accurately. Anyway, thank you very much for your very clear evidence.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Data Justice: the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS—evidence session 4
Professor Laing.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Data Justice: the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS—evidence session 4
Okay. Alyson, do you want to go first?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Data Justice: the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS—evidence session 4
We're running out of time, Sarah, so this is the final question.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Data Justice: the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS—evidence session 4
Thank you for that important point.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Data Justice: the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS—evidence session 4
Thank you. Sarah, did you want to ask any further questions?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Data Justice: the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS—evidence session 4
Okay. Back to you, Sioned.
