, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change: part 2
Brilliant. Thank you, Chair. Minister, I'm gong to turn to the issue of water, our rivers, and everything linked to that. Can I start with a slightly strange question? There is a massive public hoo-hah at the moment about the condition of our water, our…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change: part 1
There are lots of good structures and good processes, and I’m one of those who welcomes the overarching climate, nature, environment approach there, but let me just go to an example: within that marine biodiversity, freshwater biodiversity and marine planning…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change: part 1
Lovely. Thank you, Chair. One final question, Minister. In all of this drive towards restoring good levels of biodiversity in the marine terrestrial freshwater environments, in the drive towards—as you said, there aren't constraints; it's just the speed get…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change: part 1
[Inaudible.]—those targets say specifically, then. Wales Environment Link recommends an overarching 2030 and 2050 target, and then detailed targets in regulations. They also suggest some of those specific targets should include species abundance, species…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change: part 1
Yes, I will. But let me just throw a curve ball in. I'm going to say, possibly, what you might be reluctant to say. I think you have a capacity issue within your own team. You've got a really good team there, but it's very constrained, simply because the pie…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change: part 1
Some people do have a familiarity with SSSIs and so on, but not most members of the public, and actually what it means in any detail, and certainly not in the management and quality of those sites, and also as we're faced with climate change and the impacts…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Minister for Climate Change: part 1
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. Minister, good morning. I wonder if we can begin by looking at some of the issues of biodiversity, and particularly the marine environment, which I'll start with, and the coastal environment. The Conference of the Parties 15 target…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Stroke awareness and the FAST/NESA campaign
There was real evidence that people had taken on those messages in Welsh and English. Whilst it's positive to see these numbers and learn that awareness is being raised, it is still evident that more can and needs to be done on awareness and on a more…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Stroke awareness and the FAST/NESA campaign
Or, in Welsh, a problem with the face: has their face dropped on one side? Can they smile? Reach: can they extend both arms above their head and keep them there? Speech: are they having difficulty in speaking? Time: a timely response is vitally important…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Stroke awareness and the FAST/NESA campaign
And so began Fran's journey through stroke and life after stroke. Fran's stroke has left her with aphasia, which affects her communication and which also leaves her fatigued. We were genuinely privileged to have Fran share her frank and honest experience, her…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Stroke awareness and the FAST/NESA campaign
Diolch, Llywydd. And if I may, in this short debate, I've given some time to Joyce Watson and to Mark Isherwood as well at the close. I'd like to begin by repeating the words of Fran from Church Village in Pontypridd, who appeared at our recent cross-party…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Transport for Wales
I thank the Minister for giving way. It's simply to say that you have missed one thing out there, which was the reintroduction of the Sunday service on the Llynfi line for the first time in—. Crikey, we lost it 40 years ago. If you can give us the half-hourly…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Transport for Wales
Yes, I would, indeed. Thank you—you anticipated me asking you to intervene. Would you then support—? I disagree entirely with what you said about the war on motorists—that's a load of populist baloney—but would you agree then that what we should be doing with…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Transport for Wales
This is a point that came up in a broadcast that I was doing with our new colleagues the other night. For you, the issue is, and I understand, the devolution of it. For me, the issue is, 'Devolve us the money to go with it.' Wouldn't you agree that the…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Transport for Wales
Delyth, will you give way?
, Plenary
Topical Questions
In this place, when we discuss issues like this, one of the privileges we have is the ability to make law. I note, Minister, that the Office for Environmental Protection in England has actually put on notice the Environment Agency, Ofwat and the Department…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I'm delighted to hear that. Can I thank the Minister and his officials and others who joined me, Andrew Morgan, the leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf, earlier this year in light of the original decision to halt the roads review and the impact on the original…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
10. Will the Minister consider new and alternative proposals in line with the roads review criteria, following the decision to halt progress on the original Llanharan bypass project? OQ60137
, Plenary
The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2023
Diolch, Llywydd. And I couldn't let a Tuesday afternoon go without standing to make a few comments. We considered this draft Order on 16 October. The Welsh Government subsequently responded to the points in our report, and we were able to consider that…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
So, colleagues, having gone through all of those items—and some of them we'll return to in private session—we're at that point where I put to you now the motion under item No. 6, and the motion under Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public for…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
My apologies, Gareth. I'll come back to that straight away, then. If we return to item 5.5, we have a letter from the Minister for Climate Change, in which she responds to the recommendations in our report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Yes.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
We’ll go on, then, to other papers to note, under section 5, and as the first of these, item 5.1, we have the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly third meeting summary report. Just to say at the outset that the report and the letter were prepared, with…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
We'll go on, then, to item No. 4. Item No. 4 is the notifications and correspondence under the inter-institutional relations agreement. We have several items here, the first of which is item 4.1. We have a letter from the Counsel General, in which he informs…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
We have instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 that we have previously considered. We have one item in this section as well, item 3.1, SL(6)390, the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products)…
