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Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

4,367 speeches and questions

16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Go on, yes.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
We're always amenable to any further information, yes. That'll be great, thank you. Okay. John.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Very briefly, then, if you will.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you. We'll move on, then, to our next area of questioning and, Janet, you're going to lead us.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
You're right: let's refer to the positives as well, absolutely. Julie.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I can testify to the work at Hafod Elwy. I visited a few weeks ago and it was quite inspirational, to be honest.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I think we all would.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I’m conscious that funding is an area you touched on earlier, Cabinet Secretary, and I know it’s an area that we’re particularly keen to scrutinise you on, so maybe we’ll move on to that now, if we may. Janet, do you want to lead us into that?
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Very welcome. Diolch. Thank you for that. Carolyn.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Yes, it is indeed.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Yes. John's taking us through that. Thank you.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you very much. No. We'll move on to John now. John is going to take us through the next set of questions.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you, Janet.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Yes, okay. We'll move on.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you. No, we need to move on now.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Sure. Before we come on a bit more to issues around marine, what I'm hearing from the environmental NGOs is, 'This is a commitment in their programme for government, but they're inviting us to apply to a competitive fund to try and fund something that they're…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay. Yes, there we are. Okay. Let's give the Cabinet Secretary a chance.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you. Okay, Janet.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Sure. And I'm not questioning the consensus in the current Senedd, but who knows? Yes. Okay. Thank you. Carolyn.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay. Are you—? Does that not make you nervous, a little bit, that you're not able to get it over the line before then, or—?
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, you'll bring the regulations, or the draft—. The regulations will be in place by the end of this Senedd.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, if it's a three-year process of establishing those targets and bringing forward the regulations et cetera, that's left to the next Senedd to deal with, then, really, isn't it? Is that something that you're a little bit nervous about?
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, 30x30 won't be a target, then, will it—30x30 won't be a target because it will only 18 months away by the time you—
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, it's a twin-track thing, effectively: 30x30 is, you'd like to say, moving ahead whilst all this is happening towards a wider, broader aspiration.