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Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

8,953 speeches and questions

30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Wonderful. Well, on those notes, can I thank the four of you for your evidence to us today? Really valuable stuff, and it will make a big, big contribution to our deliberations over where we go as a committee over the next period. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank…
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
And final thoughts from Richard, as well, to conclude our session.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Maybe a Deputy Minister for the seas.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Thank you. Clare.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Absolutely. Okay. Thank you. Ruth, would you like to share any thoughts with us as we conclude?
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
We'll come to you all, then, in turn, for some final thoughts as well on the back of that. Annie.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Yes, and the fixed period of that role as well, I suppose, focuses the mind in terms of making sure that we have a more permanent arrangement in place in good time. Okay. We're coming on to our last question now, and it's from Joyce Watson.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Okay. Thank you, Ruth. Annie.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Yes, absolutely. A lot of nodding heads. Thank you, Ruth. Okay. So, we're talking about what we'd like to see, but, of course, in the meantime we have an interim assessor here in Wales. I'm just wondering what the view is on the functioning of that…
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Good. Thank you, Annie. Ruth.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
I'll call Ruth in a moment. With all of that in mind, Annie, we do have certain aspects you mentioned, SoNaRR and everything, in Wales that might not be the case elsewhere, so to what extent can we look to England and Scotland in terms of their legislation…
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Yes, please do, yes.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Thank you, Janet. And can I just add to that as well: I mean, Richard has touched on Scotland momentarily earlier; are there any things we can take from the English and Scottish approach as well, which would possibly contribute to the point that Janet is…
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
I think Janet does, yes. I was just checking that you'd concluded. So, Janet, do you want to come in on this as well?
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Back to you, Delyth.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
That's a good point. Thank you. Ruth.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
And it's not as if we didn't know it was coming. Richard, you wanted to come in, and then Ruth.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Janet has now been muted. That's fine. Carry on, Annie.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
It was important to underscore that point. Absolutely. Thank you very much. Okay, we'll move on now, then, to Delyth Jewell.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
That's an important point. Yes, thank you. And Annie, briefly, then.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Thank you, Ruth. Clare.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
I think that's a really important point. Thank you, Richard. We could spend half an hour discussing that, and maybe we will later on because it's all about identifying those priorities for us as a committee in our future deliberations. Ruth.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Okay. Richard first, then Ruth and then Clare. Richard.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Thank you, Ruth. Jenny.
30 September 2021Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 7 - environment and biodiversity: governance and targets
Thank you, Annie. A lot of nodding heads. Ruth.