, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Thank you. I have to say that 'strategy' is my most hated word here. I think I could build another Senedd with the number of strategies that we've all seen before now. Has the Welsh Government made clear to you which criteria are to be used to count towards…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Diolch, Chair. Do you have an actual picture of progress towards the global biodiversity framework commitments, especially the 2030 targets, and also, to you, what does success look like?
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Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Can I just quickly say—? In my own constituency, a lot of community groups have started up now—friends of this and that—and they're doing a lot with biodiversity, so I think they deserve acknowledging.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Are there any affluent counties in Wales?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Thanks for your honesty. It's really sad to think that a level of Government, local authorities, which is really important—we've got 22 of them across Wales—that here they did declare nature recovery, and all that—climate and nature recovery emergency—and we…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Oh, yes, that's fine. Do you have any experience of innovative funding models for nature restoration, such as levering in private finance?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
I'm still on—. Sorry. Planning we've done. This is still on funding, No. 14.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Thank you, Chair. I've started something.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Yes, yes, I get that.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Definitely.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
But it's how they do it.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Okay, thank you. Yes, there is a total disconnect, because I have to tell you, at the moment, we're probably all receiving them, but I've got two areas in my constituency where people are adamant that there is pollution. So, I write to Dŵr Cymru and NRW, but…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Yes. This is to Dŵr Cymru now. How might Government better protect biodiversity in freshwater and coastal environments from pollution?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
So, are you invited to attend, or local authorities don't have a place on that group?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Thank you.
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Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
And these are minuted groups, are they? Are the minutes or notes publicised?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
So, on that point, too often we hear, and it almost sounds like buck passing, that these groups are open to certain people, but only the same few people turn up each time. Would I be right in assuming that?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Oh dear.
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Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
How often is that?
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Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Thank you. How often do they meet? And also, in written evidence, you say there is a need to generate national ownership of the deep-dive recommendations. How might this be done? The reason I ask those questions is that we know of many groups that meet…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Diolch yn fawr, Chair. Good morning. Bore da. Are you involved in any of the biodiversity deep-dive working groups, and, if so, how are they progressing in terms of implementation?
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Natural Resources Wales—Annual Scrutiny 2023-24'
Okay, thank you. So, basically, I'm asking you, Cabinet Secretary: give us some assurances here today as to how some of the priorities they're going to be downscaling now will be taken forward. Diolch.
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Natural Resources Wales—Annual Scrutiny 2023-24'
I thank Llyr Gruffydd for introducing this report to this Chamber, but also for his able chairmanship of our committee. Now, of course we know that the delayed—much delayed—corporate plan landed in 2023, and we had been asking and asking and asking for this…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you. I understand that they were contacted for a response to this question, which is very interesting. According to Estyn's annual report, there are 22 pupil referral units in Wales supporting 969 students. PRUs were once the most commonly used setting…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the use of pupil referral units in Aberconwy? OQ61603
