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Plaid Cymru Debate: Full devolution of water resources
We haven't. Nothing has happened since we asked for the delay, but what I'm saying, as a result of this debate, is I will go away and have a better look at why we've settled on the protocol and not taken that further. I honestly don't know the answer to that…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Full devolution of water resources
Diolch, Llywydd. I very much welcome the opportunity to respond to this extremely important debate today. There has been a real genuine groundswell of public opinion in favour of better water quality, better water management, and particularly in favour of…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Full devolution of water resources
Formally. Diolch yn fawr.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Blue carbon habitats
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I very much welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate today, though I am sorry it's such a short debate and I will not be able to address all of the issues raised, given the amount of time I will have. I will just take a…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Blue carbon habitats
Formally.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
So, Llyr, I would very much like to have a discussion with you about where we are on the Wrexham LDP, but I fear, Llywydd, that we are right in the middle of a series of judicial review processes, which the Welsh Government is a party to. Therefore, I fear…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Local planning authorities have a duty to prepare a local development plan, as set out in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. Following adoption of a strategic development plan by a corporate joint committee, local planning authorities within that…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you for the question, Llyr.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Tom. That's quite a complicated set of interventions that we undertake. The LDP estimate for housing is, of course, for all housing, combined-use housing. So, we then divide it into what we fund—so, the houses we fund are houses for social rent and…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Tom. It's the responsibility of each local planning authority to assess the need for housing in their area and, based on this evidence, to establish a housing requirement within their local development plan.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
We absolutely do provide support for the game meat industry, which is an important industry in Wales and the rural environment, and the Welsh Government has supported that for some years. I personally think, and I think quite a lot of people in Wales think…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Russell. The Welsh Government does not support shooting of live animals or birds as a leisure activity. However, we absolutely understand that the control of certain species is sometimes necessary for wildlife management purposes such as to prevent…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Certainly, Jane. A very good question, as well. We did a baseline review with NRW that allowed them to give us unit costs for the very first time. And off the back of the unit costs, we've been able to work with them to build up what is possible with what…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much. It's very difficult to do that globally for Wales because, obviously, each catchment has a different set of solutions. But, by and large, the river basin management plans that we have in Wales give us a mechanism to identify and…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much, Mike. Natural Resources Wales monitors the River Tawe's condition under the water framework directive regulations. The latest data from the Tawe has 'good' ecological status and I'm very pleased to say that Swansea bay also achieved an…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Mike. Protecting and enhancing our water environment is a priority for the Government. We are improving water quality by moving towards designation of inland bathing waters, strengthening river water quality monitoring and by maximising the…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much for that, Delyth. There are a number of things there. We've just issued, via Vaughan Gething's department but in conjunction with me and with my colleague Jeremy Miles, the net-zero skills plan, and that has sections in it about how to…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I can't comment on that case. It's an ongoing case and, actually, the Welsh Ministers are party to the case. So, I can't. But, it is a general tenet of planning law—and it's very difficult indeed to change this—that if you have an extant licence and you're…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
They can't be prosecuted because they don't need a permit, Janet.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Farmers don't need a permit, of course, and that's one of the things we're currently looking at. If your party wants to suggest that all land-use users need to have a permit to put stuff on their land, you go ahead. I'd love for one of your spokespeople to…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I'm very happy, Janet, to circulate to all Members of the Senedd the list of enforcement actions that have been taken by NRW. I'll very happily do that. But, just for you to understand what I'm talking about in terms of the contribution towards pollution, I…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Well, I think perhaps, Janet, you could actually listen to the answer instead of just reading out the question that you've got in front of you. I've just told you what we are doing in Wales to tackle our water quality. It was pretty straightforward stuff. So…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Janet. I'm afraid there's a very fundamental misunderstanding of the correlation between warning letters and prosecutions in your question. Obviously, NRW will prosecute somebody who isn't doing the right remedial actions. You don't prosecute…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Altaf. It's a very important point. It's very much front and centre of our Transforming Towns initiative, where we look to create green infrastructure, as it's called. Green infrastructure is where there's a network of natural and semi-natural…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Sioned. It's a really important question for a number of reasons. Artificial grass really does have a very, very bad effect on the local sustainability of a large number of areas in Wales. As you rightly said, there is a short-term focus on, maybe…
