Plaid Cymru

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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

3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
And Rhys, on monitoring.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
I'm just aware we have 30 seconds left, so maybe Rhys, Gwyn, Steve, any reflection on this before we conclude? Steve.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
I'm conscious we have three or four minutes left, so I'll come to you, Joyce, maybe, just to conclude this session.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Thank you. There's quite a bit there.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Rhys, do you want to come in on that point?
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Yes. We know about the environment fund that Dŵr Cymru have for third sector organisations.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
I'm just conscious of time. I'll just bring Rhys in, because Rhys wants to—
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
I think Gwyn briefly wants to come in as well on this, and then we'll come back to you.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Yes.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Okay, thank you. We're going to move on now, because we've touched on resourcing and funding a few times, to funding nature recovery. Janet, you're going to take us into that area.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Yes. Okay. Thank you very much. Julie.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Okay. Rhys, any comments on that in particular, because, obviously, you're a planning authority, aren't you?
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
It is. We could be here all day, and we will at this rate, so let's—. [Laughter.]
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
We need to move on to planning.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Thank you. Right, we'll move on then. Carolyn.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Go on then. Go on.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
There's no silver bullet; I think it's a multifaceted issue and there are so many key players that have to pull their socks up, frankly. Do you mind if we just go to Carolyn for—?
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
—where water is one aspect. Before anybody else says anything, there are multiple contributors to pollution; it's not one or the other.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Just to remind Members, we do have a separate session with Natural Resources Wales later on—
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Okay. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Janet, you wanted to come in here.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
All right. Rhys.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
And is your experience similar?
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
On the pesticides particularly. Initially.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Yes, if you want to go on to pollution.
3 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
And every authority is different as well, geographically, demographically.