10 Gorffennaf 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm cydsyniad deddfwriaethol Llywodraeth Cymru ar y Bil Ynni: Sesiwn graffu gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
And key to us in the argument you've put out, that would have been much simpler and much more straightforward in the Scottish context.
10 Gorffennaf 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm cydsyniad deddfwriaethol Llywodraeth Cymru ar y Bil Ynni: Sesiwn graffu gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
But all of this argues for far more extensive engagement with UK Ministers at a very early period to go through this. Mr Sherriff, you were nodding your head; is there anything you want to add?
10 Gorffennaf 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm cydsyniad deddfwriaethol Llywodraeth Cymru ar y Bil Ynni: Sesiwn graffu gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
We might well get into that, with the limited time we have, but you're being very frank and honest and we genuinely do appreciate that. Can I just ask you—? One of the four key factors that you used to explain the rationale why this has been delayed was the…
10 Gorffennaf 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm cydsyniad deddfwriaethol Llywodraeth Cymru ar y Bil Ynni: Sesiwn graffu gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
That's characterised the approach for this Bill.
10 Gorffennaf 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm cydsyniad deddfwriaethol Llywodraeth Cymru ar y Bil Ynni: Sesiwn graffu gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
We'll come to James now, who'll take us into that territory, but one of the things we appreciate your frankness on, to be honest, as well, is the issue of resources and the constraints. I suspect this is something that we've flagged up on a number of…
10 Gorffennaf 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm cydsyniad deddfwriaethol Llywodraeth Cymru ar y Bil Ynni: Sesiwn graffu gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
Yes, we appreciate that.
10 Gorffennaf 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm cydsyniad deddfwriaethol Llywodraeth Cymru ar y Bil Ynni: Sesiwn graffu gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
Thank you for that frank and honest assessment of why we are where we are. By the way, we extend our sympathies to the member of your team who was going to be with us today and can't be with us. You've laid out the issues of late engagement and difficult…
10 Gorffennaf 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm cydsyniad deddfwriaethol Llywodraeth Cymru ar y Bil Ynni: Sesiwn graffu gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
We're delighted to have with us, for a short period today, the Minister for Climate Change, Julie James—thank you very much for joining us, Julie, and also, Ed Sherriff, deputy director of energy. We're going to turn directly to the main first item on our…
10 Gorffennaf 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Welcome to this meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. Just at the beginning of proceedings, just to remind everybody, we're broadcasting this live on Senedd.tv and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. We're not…
10 Gorffennaf 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Prynhawn da, bawb. Croeso i chi i gyd.
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
Great, good.
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
Okay. Well, that in itself is interesting, because you would expect—and in case the Secretary of State is ever listening to the transcript of this—you would expect good inter-governmental engagement, and if there were problems, the problems to be raised in…
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
Okay. So, working back from that, what's the timescale if you still fail to get a response, in which you take this through the new three-tiered committee structure, and, if necessary, to dispute resolution?
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
What's the timescale in which you need a response from the Secretary of State?
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
Sure.
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
Sorry, Delyth. Can I make an observation and perhaps ask a question to the Minister? It does seem that Welsh Government is consistently advocating a slightly unconventional-by-Westminster-approach way of doing legislation, which is to have less on the face of…
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
That's very clear. Thank you.
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
Right. That's great, thank you.
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
Did you want to add anything, Mr Hemington?
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
So, if the—Mr Hemington might want to come in on this—but if an emerging policy statement trumps this, do you then go back to the marine development plan or the NDF, and actually say, 'We now have to adjust that, in light of—'?
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
That sounds very logical and compelling, because it's talking about where technology changes, or there's something that's omitted from the policy framework, and we will never know everything that's coming down the line, but where we use this phraseology, a…
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
Okay. Well, let's turn on to the interesting thing of where these are prioritised, amongst things such as the NDF or the marine plan. So, the Bill states that where a provision in a relevant policy statement is incompatible with the provision in the NDF or…
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
Okay. So, that pre-empts my follow-up: when are we going to see the full suite? Because, according to Ministers, the full suite is already there, which is fantastic. [Laughter.]
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
Okay, thank you. Let me turn to the policy statements, and where they lie in the priority of things as well. The Bill says that applications must be decided in accordance with the relevant policy statement, the national development framework, 'Future Wales'…
6 Gorffennaf 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) – Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd
But the servicing of them will be coming, hopefully, from our Welsh ports, which will have impacts—
