, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. Huw, you wanted to come in.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
That's fine. Thank you. Back to you, Joyce.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
If I may just come in, briefly. Minister, you've illustrated a few examples earlier this morning of potential infrastructure projects. You've quoted flood prevention. Of course, that isn't proposed to be a significant infrastructure project in the Bill…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
There we are. Diolch yn fawr. Okay, we'll move on to Joyce.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Okay, thank you. Before we come on to Joyce, I think Delyth wants to pick up on something.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Of course, at some point, yes. Huw, you wanted to come in on something.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
So, Huw wants to pick up on that—unless, Jenny, do you want to respond to that?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Yes, okay. Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Just on that engagement, then, has the Government engaged with any sort of local groups or organisations that are campaigning, or have maybe campaigned in the past, for—or more likely against—infrastructure, just to ask them, 'At what point do you think you…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Well, let's go to Jenny, and then you can come back in if you wish. Jenny.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. Because we're all running through in our heads now at what point the groups that we're receiving correspondence from would engage, because, very often, what we see with LDPs and the NDF is that decisions have been made before they become aware of…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
And we'll be coming on to that in greater detail in a moment. Thank you, Minister. Huw.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Clearly, we'll come on later, I'm sure, to striking that balance between doing things efficiently—quickly, if you like, or effectively—but also responsibly, and that's a balance I know that the Government is keen to strike. Can I just ask, on a general level…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
And conversely, then, what would you say the risks would be if we weren't to move in this direction at this current time?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
So, they will be available during our period of scrutiny of the Bill. Okay. That's useful. Diolch yn fawr. The Bill, as we know, establishes a new unified consenting regime, replacing a number of different existing processes. It's been long acknowledged that…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
The Bill has been published without a statement of policy intent, so we wanted to know do you intend to publish something similar at some point, and, if so, when are we likely to see such a statement.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
Okay, yes, I'm testing your Welsh.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
We'll now move to the second item. We are today starting our scrutiny work on Stage 1 of the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill, which was introduced to the Senedd by the Minister for Climate Change on 12 June. To inform our scrutiny, we have issued a call for…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Good morning all, and welcome to this meeting of the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee. Welcome to the Members. This is a hybrid meeting, of course, and the public items this morning are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv. A Record of…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: evidence session 2 - interest groups
Ocê. Diolch yn fawr.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: evidence session 2 - interest groups
Indeed, and as exciting a prospect as it is, does having that prospect mean that there are other things that you would like to do that you're not doing in anticipation of this happening, or is the fact that this is in the background holding you back on other…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: evidence session 2 - interest groups
So, Alfredo, given your more direct involvement with the proposal itself, are things proceeding as you would wish or are things dragging?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: evidence session 2 - interest groups
Okay. Sandra.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: evidence session 2 - interest groups
Sorry, I was looking at you, Sandra, but that's fine.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: evidence session 2 - interest groups
Sorry, I—. No, maybe Chris, first of all.
