, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
In your professional judgement, to what extent will we be able to see a recognisable, measurable improvement in water quality as a result of a nitrate vulnerable zone for all of Wales?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Okay. That's a helpful answer; no doubt we will.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Just one last question, Chair; I appreciate your indulgence. I'm just trying to understand: why concentrate solely on nitrates when there are so many other pollutants?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Can I therefore understand then—? I'm coming to this as a complete novice when it comes to the knowledge of the area, but we're talking about nitrate vulnerable zones. Why are we specifically concentrating on nitrates when there are so many other issues…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
As an extension to Sam's line of enquiry, in my constituency we've seen pollution incidents and I've met with NRW about those specific incidents. Notwithstanding the issue about the wider Wales-wide NVZ, one of the things that officers of your organisation…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2020-21 and Assurance Report 2020-21
And do you think that, therefore, a compromise needs to be made in the teaching of Welsh in English language schools in any way because of that? Or do you think that it's something that will cause problems more in the future than currently—the capacity of the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2020-21 and Assurance Report 2020-21
I leave it, do I? Okay. I appreciate that answer, and it certainly chimes with some of my experience about how it's difficult to sustain learning Welsh, because the reason I'm not asking my questions in Welsh today is because of the summer break, in which I…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2020-21 and Assurance Report 2020-21
Sorry, I don't know if I'm supposed to unmute myself or the host is.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2020-21 and Assurance Report 2020-21
Thank you. You reached a compromise situation with regard to the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill with regard to the Government not approving a code of teaching for Welsh, as you'd requested. How effective has that compromised position been?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
That's fine for me, Chair.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Chair, I don't see it as fruitful for me to pursue any more detail, given that the Minister's indicated that a further announcement is coming. But I would like to ask about the support package for school-level immersion Welsh language learning and its…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Okay. I imagine we'd like to come back to that at that date—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Okay. And will that require a significant amount of additional investment in order to deliver the review's recommendations?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I think the issue I'm raising is that there's existing provision and then there's the National Centre for Learning Welsh. I'm just trying to think how are you going to ensure that there's a dovetailing of existing support that is already funded and some of…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you. With regard to the rapid review on the National Centre for Learning Welsh, just specifically, recommendation 6 said, 'the Centre and Welsh Government should scope expansion of provision and remit to those between 16 to 25 years of age who have…
, Plenary
Debate: Using the UK Government Spending Review to address coal tip safety in Wales
Anyone who looked at the wording of the motion today would be wondering what all the fuss was about, because there doesn't seem to be much between the amendment and the Government's motion, but, if you listen to the words of the Minister, what she's talking…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I've been contacted by a constituent who lives with ME, a condition otherwise known as chronic fatigue syndrome, and she's concerned about the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's decision to delay the publication of its new revised guidelines…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
One thing that impacts the Caerphilly constituency is the UK Government's plans for international travel. We've heard that they are now going to be abandoning the amber aspect of the list and consolidating the green list. I think that's from 4 October. But…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
7. What plans does the Welsh Government have to tackle the increase in COVID-19 cases in the Caerphilly constituency? OQ56893
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport and Chief Whip
I'm up now, Chair.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport and Chief Whip
I won't hold back, Minister, I won't hold back. I think that's it.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport and Chief Whip
I'm glad to say I'm on that committee as well, so that'll be interesting.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport and Chief Whip
I hesitate to raise it, but I suppose we should mention Brexit. Does Brexit have any impact on your sporting portfolio?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport and Chief Whip
Just before Jason comes in, while the topic is still there, we were frustrated, weren't we, with the fact that the changes to the women's league, that the Chair and I and Laura Anne Jones raised concerns, but there was no involvement with Government until…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport and Chief Whip
So, that leads me on to the next, obvious question, which is: how do you as a Minister achieve that? How do you achieve the international performance, and how do you achieve that grass-roots performance? What do you do?
