21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
The instigation of this Bill, clearly, has come from the King's Speech. But, from the very beginning of that, we were in those discussions and made very clear, both at official and ministerial level, that the different nature and characteristics of our…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Do you want to add?
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
That's slightly separate and outwith—
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
I might turn to one of my colleagues here to show the extent to which we see both the regulations coming down the line and where they will appear on the Senedd. James, I don't know if you want to—.
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
The speed of this Bill has meant that we have not been able to do the normal widespread consultation on it. However, what we are very seized with is the opportunity of this within a framework Bill. We have, by the way, done stakeholder engagements; we've…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, genuinely, we would very much welcome—you wouldn't expect anything less from me, formerly being on this committee and also the climate change committee—we'd welcome suggestions and ideas coming forward, and, if they aligned with our imperatives as Welsh…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Diolch yn fawr. I should have just listened in Welsh then. So, some of the significant ones we've already had include things such as making sure that the responsibilities of Welsh Ministers in this space are reflected within this Bill so that Welsh Ministers…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
I missed a little bit of that.
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay, yes.
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
No, it's a very good point. What we are doing within this Bill—if this Bill proceeds and passes; it's still a Bill at the moment, but I suspect, with the majority of the UK Labour Government, it will, with amendments being taken through as well, with proofing…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Indeed. And simply to respond to that point, I mentioned in my earlier remarks that that is why this coming through as a framework Bill is of assistance to us, because, recognising those very points, that the Senedd doesn't have a direct impact on the primary…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
I understand what you're saying; I would simply make it clear that our approach to this Bill does not determine the approach of future and successive Governments or Ministers in this space. So if, for example, it was the will of the Senedd to take the…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay.
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
The LCM recognises that there are significant areas of cross-border policy when it comes to the current regulatory structure, and also the way that we need to work together on water quality. I've said this repeatedly, from a policy perspective, on the floor…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, I happen to agree with you fully. We're not changing our policy and we're not changing our position; we're actually being agile—
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you for that, and I was worried, as I laid that defence down to Alun, and I anticipated you might come in with exactly that point, and you did, and fair play. But, actually, we're playing with the deck as we currently have. There is a regulatory…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
This is not unique but it's slightly unusual, in that the statute book on water regulation is already, because of that cross-border nature of it and the regulatory structures and the regulatory bodies, and will continue to be, actually, a mixture of…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Can I give you an 'in defence'?
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Alun, you make a fair point, and it's probably a reflection as well of the priorities at any moment in time—as a former Minister, you'll know this—and the priorities of the Welsh Government in a legislative programme and what they can put in and what they…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
I think it is very much, to return to that opening point, the cross-border nature of not just our water, but water bodies—the organisations within that regulatory space. So, actually, a Bill introduced in the UK Parliament is an effective approach now to deal…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you, Chair. I'm delighted to be in front of you here today. The reason we think it's appropriate is because there's clearly significant cross-over here in terms of waters—no boundaries—but also in terms of the regulatory approach within the UK. The…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Yes, indeed. Shall we go from the end?
16 Hydref 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Ffermydd sy'n eiddo i gynghorau
Llywydd, fel y nodais ar y cychwyn, mae ffermydd awdurdodau lleol yn asedau pwysig iawn i'r diwydiant amaethyddol. Maen nhw'n parhau i fod yn bwynt mynediad amhrisiadwy i sawl person ifanc yng Nghymru. Mae yna opsiynau eraill hefyd. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn…
16 Hydref 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Ffermydd sy'n eiddo i gynghorau
Wel, gadewch inni feddwl a oes ewyllys ymhlith awdurdodau lleol, gyda rhai ohonynt yn dirfeddianwyr sylweddol o hyd, i weld a oes ewyllys ganddynt i ddod at ei gilydd, oherwydd gallwn wneud hyn yn wirfoddol. Yn sicr, nid oes angen i mi gyda fy esgidiau maint…
16 Hydref 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: Ffermydd sy'n eiddo i gynghorau
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