30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
Thank you. [Interruption.] You'll have to be really quick, because I've got three Members left and less than 10 minutes.
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
Thank you. Niamh.
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
And just quickly on that, there's quite an interesting emerging discussion about whether data centres should be using potable or non-potable water. Is that something, as a regulator, that you'd be involved in discussions with the Welsh Government on?
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
I think members of the public would be surprised, really, that that type of scrutiny wasn't embedded for a long time. The fact that it is there now, I'm sure that our audience of thousands who are watching would not like that to be something that would be…
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
That's a very good water-based analogy there. [Laughter.]
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
Thank you. Before I go back to Anna, I'll just pick up on one of the points there that Paul raised. Obviously, this is an example of the new territory you're going into now, where you are monitoring the investments that companies are making and looking at the…
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
I'll bring Paul in now.
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
Okay. Thank you. John.
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
Thank you. Before I bring John in, just a question on one of your comments there to Anna. You talked about the fact that a fifth of the water is lost through leaks, but the majority of that is customer side. What role is there for the regulator to help…
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
Thank you, Niamh. I'll bring in Anna now.
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
Okay, thank you. Any questions from Members, then? Niamh.
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
Yes. So, your discussions with Welsh Government around the new national water strategy for Wales.
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
Okay. Thank you. Can you tell us, maybe, a little bit about the discussions with Welsh Government around that new national water strategy for Wales as well?
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
Okay, thank you. The Welsh Government is currently doing a lot of work around the planning system. So, what kinds of discussions have you had with them so far about a new water system planning function?
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
And can I ask you a bit more about how you're ensuring that there is that smooth transition then? Obviously, Ofwat currently has a lot of very experienced staff as well that have so much knowledge of the landscape. Maybe you could talk a little bit about that.
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
Okay, thank you very much. That was a really useful introduction for us as a committee. So, obviously, it's a time of great change now with this new regulator being established in Wales, and maybe you could tell us a little bit about your discussions with…
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
Okay, thank you very much. Mark.
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Rôl Ofwat yng nghyd-destun Cymru - sesiwn cyflwyno'r cyd-destun
We can move on to item 3 then, which is Ofwat's role in the Welsh context. I'd like to welcome to the meeting this morning Chris Walters, interim chief executive of Ofwat, Lia Murphy, chief of staff and director of Wales, and Mark Squire, the Wales…
30 Medi 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Good morning, then, everyone, and welcome to this meeting of the Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee. The public items of the meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and a record of proceedings will be published as…
29 Medi 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol, Tai a Chynllunio: Diwygio Fframwaith Datblygu Cenedlaethol a Sgwrs Genedlaethol
Diolch, Weinidog Cabinet, am eich datganiad yma heddiw. Gadewch i mi ddechrau trwy ddweud ei bod yn beth da bod y Llywodraeth yn gwrando, ond wedi dweud hynny, ni all y sgwrs genedlaethol hon ddod yn esgus i Weinidogion beidio â gweithredu ac ni ellir…
24 Medi 2026 , Petitions Committee
Y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddeisebau blaenorol
I think that the Minister's made the position very clear, in that I don't see how going back could really add any further value.
24 Medi 2026 , Petitions Committee
Y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddeisebau blaenorol
Thank you, Chair. This has been an issue that has done the rounds in the Senedd for a number of years now, and it's really difficult to understand why the bureaucracy around it is taking so long, when it seems to be a very straightforward ask that would…
24 Medi 2026 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Yes, thank you. I agree with what Elwyn said, but I do think, then, thereafter it would be important for us to draw the attention of the petition to the children's committee as well. We know that allergies are really growing across Wales, not just in the…
24 Medi 2026 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Yes, I declare the same interest. Thank you.
24 Medi 2026 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Thank you very much, Chair. This follows on very neatly, doesn't it, from the previous petition, and shows the strength of feeling around lots of historical female figures in Wales. So, we've got the response to the petition from the Trefnydd and Cabinet…
