17 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Thank you. Do you think the Bill adequately balances improving public health and maintaining and enhancing nature and biodiversity?
17 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Are there any other comments from anyone?
17 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Diolch, Chair. To what extent do the proposals in the Bill take adequate account of existing inequalities and prevent further inequalities from occurring?
16 May 2023 , Plenary
& 9. The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023 and The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12 and Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023
Mention has been made about consultation with stakeholders. Even if this is passed today, you are giving very little time for this to be implemented in a way that brings landlords along in line with all of these processes. The documents on your own Welsh…
16 May 2023 , Plenary
& 9. The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023 and The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12 and Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023
It's at this point I have to say—and I don't say this easily, really—that we will be voting against, more so on the second point on these. And I've got to be honest, Minister, when you do bring forward any new consequential amendments that seek to improve or…
16 May 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. Now, I've been wanting to raise this topic with you, especially so when I know that you yourself appreciate the benefits in terms of well-being that having your own allotment can bring—picking fruit, for one. I think that was lost on some Members…
16 May 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
4. Will the First Minister make a statement on the provision of allotments across Wales? OQ59501
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Bye.
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
And I'll be leaving you, and I'll see everybody next week in Cardiff. Thank you.
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Yes, sorry. Yes, yes, yes. So, the fact that withdrawal of COVID emergency funding in England was initially announced in August 2022, and then, of course, the withdrawal date was subsequently extended from 31 March this year to 30 June this year—how has this…
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Okay, so, the fact—
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Thank you, Chair. The witnesses' response to the Deputy Minister's 1 March comment that a three-month notice period was being given on the withdrawal of funding in Wales, while England was experiencing a more severe cliff edge—can we have some comments around…
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Thank you.
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Thank you. I agree entirely.
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Absolutely right. I agree with Scott on that.
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Really good responses there, Aaron, because we’ve got first-hand experience here in Aberconwy, where they took a really important bus route out, and so it was the bus operators, Welsh Government and Transport for Wales, and the local authority, and all that…
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Thank you. And also, will the new governance system for public transport be effective, particularly considering the role of Transport for Wales and corporate joint committees?
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Yes. Thank you, Chair. The leadership of the Welsh Local Government Association has written to the First Minister outlining the impact of what it describes as the 'sheer volume of transport related issues'. Do you agree with this analysis, and if so, could…
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Thank you.
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Thank you. The Royal Town Planning Institute has suggested that the role of the natural environment in addressing both air quality and soundscapes is not sufficiently reflected in the Bill or the explanatory memorandum. What are your views?
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Thank you, Chair. In your written evidence, you suggest that some developers are wary of the proposed approach to sound and noise assessment. Could you expand on this? Also, are developers' concerns directly related to the Bill provisions or to the possible…
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Thank you.
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Yes, and I think we all picked up a lot of that during COVID, with fewer cars on the road, with more about nature. And the residents didn’t mind—you didn’t have any opposition?
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Yes, because we know now—. Round here, it's 20 mph outside schools, and a lot of the headteachers now are saying, 'Don't come and idle—.' You used to see five or six cars with parents dropping children off and idling their engines at the same time. But what…
11 May 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
That was going to be my next question. Would you mind, Christine, just elaborating on this particular pilot you've just done?
