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8,953 speeches and questions

9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Yes.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Thank you. Right. Joyce.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
We do indeed. Great. Thank you. Huw, on this, and then we'll move on then. Joyce will take us on to—.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
And for monitoring as well, there's a practical challenge of mobile phone signals for some, because you can't—. I was involved in one case and there was no point putting a monitor on it, because it couldn't speak to anything. But, anyway, that's a whole…
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
And, of course, those are the overflows that we know about, because there are others, aren't there, that obviously we don't?
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
So, what are we doing to stop it happening in the first place, basically?
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
And I know Jenny wants to pursue, maybe, a few questions on phosphate, but I'm just mindful we've moved on a little bit. I just wanted to offer Janet the opportunity to come back on the sewage stuff as well, before we then come back to phosphate.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Huw wants to come in on this specifically, and I'll come back to you, Janet, afterwards.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
And there's a wider discussion—
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Yes. Sewage.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Thank you for that. So—
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay, let's deal with the first point first then and then we'll come on to the other one. And there is a fair point—I mean, there may be perverse consequences to raising fees, which may actually work against some of your wider goals.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Yes, sure.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Thank you so much. There we are. Okay. Janet.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Joyce wants to come in on this as well, and then we'll come to Janet.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Fine.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Fine. Well, we'll wait and see, then, what comes of that. Thank you, Huw. Jenny.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Of course.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Yes. No, we haven't got that far yet, Janet. I'm slow here now. So, Huw is next. Sorry.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Yes, you're right. You're right.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Thank you, Joyce. Back to Janet then. Oh, I think we've—.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
And is that it, in essence, is it?
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Yes. I tend to think that there are only three ways that you can close a gap, really. Either the Government gives you more money, or you do less, or they allow you to generate more of your own income, or probably a little bit of each.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Yes, okay. Thank you. Joyce.
9 February 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
No. Well, it never is, but particularly now.