, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
Chair, I'll only ask a couple of the questions, because I think we can follow up in writing, but just a couple of questions on significant infrastructure categories. There was broad support amongst respondents to the categories that are included in the Bill…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Sorry, Chair, I know we're really up against time, but we don't want to mix apples and pears here. There's the quality of the community engagement when the proposal is coming forward and whatever, and we see varying practice, good practice and appalling…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
From acceptance.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Based on the same logic of, 'It takes this long. It takes this long.'
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
You mentioned very clearly that the 52-week limit is probably an error, a miscalculation. It doesn't take account of all the factors. I didn't hear you say what it should be or what it could be.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Yes, thank you very much. And clearly, Chair, if that were to be the case that that was an approach taken by Welsh Ministers, we'd need to look at how we incorporate that into the timescale that this Bill is trying to deliver as well—so, ministerial decisions…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Can you give us an example of what that might be? It's hypothetical, I know, but—.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Okay, well, you've touched on the issue there of the problem of ambiguity, and once again back into individual cases and arguments being made and interpretation and what that does to the pipeline. That's been raised with us by others who say the idea of…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Thank you, Chair. Hannah, can I just turn to that point about the definition and just ask you, is there anything you want to add on the points that you've submitted already about the use of third party impact as a potential measure, alongside existing ones…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Thank you very much. Hannah.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Interpretation. Yes.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Thank you. That's really helpful. So, there are clearly two things we're going to need to test with the Minister and her officials: one is whether the categories are—what's included within the categories; but, secondly, this aspect of the clarity of what a…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Kelvin.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
I'll turn to the issue of significant infrastructure categories, if I may. Whilst there's broad support amongst respondents to the consultation about the infrastructure categories, some, including you, have pointed out some other areas. There are some areas…
, Plenary
Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Stop it. [Laughter.]
, Plenary
Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
I'm speaking only as Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee, not as a Member of Llyr's Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee, and not with a CPG on active travel hat on either—we'll do that some other time, Minister…
, Plenary
Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Thank you again, Llywydd.
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Non-Domestic Rating Bill
We agree with the Minister that the clauses of the Bill and the Schedule to the Bill set out in the memoranda fall within a purpose within the legislative competence of the Senedd and therefore require our consent. A significant portion of our first report…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Non-Domestic Rating Bill
Thank you, Llywydd. My committee has produced two reports on the Welsh Government's legislative consent memoranda for this Bill.
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Energy Bill
I am really close to the end. I really am. Thank you. Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. So, we would have been able to give proper consideration to a number of important matters, including, for example, the overlap between the Energy Bill and the Minister's own…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Energy Bill
I note at the opening of my remarks that the Minister explains that she has asked for a delay with the UK Parliament so that we can have proper consideration of this, and that request has been withheld, because that's very pertinent to what I'm now going to…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Energy Bill
Thank you, Llywydd. My committee has managed to report on the first three legislative consent memoranda for the Energy Bill. As the Minister said, No. 4 was laid just yesterday.
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
I’d better declare my interest as a member of several related cross-party groups, but also as a driver, as a cyclist, and as a man-about-town pedestrian in my local constituency regularly, and also as a father of three boys as well. I thank him for stressing…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Independent review and Natural Resources Wales reports into flooding 2020-21
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Minister, I welcome the statement today and the work of Professor Evans in this area. We didn't suffer the widespread devastation that some communities did a few years back, but what we did have was localised flooding that was because…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Could I ask, if, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(vi), you're happy to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting? We are. In which case, we will now move into private session, please. We'll wait for a few seconds before we are told we are in…
