, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
6. Will the Commission consider a trial of additional annual leave days for those employees travelling overseas for holidays by means other than flights, such as rail and coach, to help tackle climate change? OQ59517
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I thank the Counsel General for that response. Can I put on record my thanks to the UK delegation and the leadership, not least Sir Oliver Heald, for the way in which they’ve sought to include this Parliament in the proceedings of the parliamentary part of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
7. What consideration has the Minister given to Wales's representation on the trade and co-operation agreement partnership council? OQ59524
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I'm sure the Counsel General would agree with me that the quality of government is only as good as the quality of the scrutiny of that Government, or, in this case, of those Governments across the UK. And indeed, the UK inter-parliamentary forum is starting…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
2. What consideration has the Counsel General given to the developing role of the UK Inter-Parliamentary Forum in the scrutiny and oversight of legislative and constitutional matters? OQ59525
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Yes, I'm just intrigued on the practical application of this. The Bill isn't retrospective, of course; no legislation can be. But, going forward, if we were to do this properly, what would be the impact, for example, on developing housing alongside where…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Yes. Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
So, the Minister might well resist pushing too far on this, knowing that you can't adequately resource it. Why would you put it into a Bill if you can't actually promise either the levers to deliver it, but, secondly, the resources to deliver it?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Yes. Okay. Colin.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
But the approach should be to extend air quality management beyond hotspots and into a wider analysis—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
I'll come to Colin as well, in case he has any thoughts on this, but the resource implications for extending this wider, are they necessarily—? Does that necessarily mean that we have to double, treble, quadruple the resources in local air quality management…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Can we turn to the local air quality management approach? How effective do you think the proposals in the Bill will be in getting real, tangible improvements in local air quality?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Yes. Thank you, great.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
My work here is done. [Laughter.]
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Colin.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
So could I ask whether you—? Sorry, Chair. Could I ask you, then, whether you would support something we've been asking in every evidence session—within the purposes of this Bill as described, the unfinished business of a duty to promote active travel?…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Yes, it's a very good point. And the practical realities of this is then the need to invest in that direct route, active travel routes. Because meandering through the parks of London is very pretty, but if it adds 20 minutes to your journey you're not going…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
That takes me quite neatly to the other question on raising awareness: it's whether the duty in the Bill to promote awareness should be extended beyond Welsh Government to the wider public sector—so, local authorities, health boards, other public sector…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Indeed, indeed.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
No, no—it's fine. It just strikes me that, in raising awareness, there's one thing about the reactive raising of awareness of people, that there's a particular issue that you need to be aware about, but then it's that longer term awareness raising that helps…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Yes, indeed.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Just a couple of questions, please, on promoting awareness about air pollution. And the first question is whether you think the Bill should be more prescriptive about the steps Ministers can take to promote awareness about air pollution, and, if so, what…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Okay, thanks.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
So, are you saying that they should be—? Sorry, I don't know quite what level of detail both of you have looked at this at, but are you saying that there should be a separate subsection in the way that there is also with smoke control, and so on there, that…
