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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
Is that a vision that you share?
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
We are all learners. Recently, my committee published a report that was calling for more support in areas like the Valleys, where Cymraeg is not spoken as widely in shops, cafes, sport clubs, to kick start those conversations, to make sure Cymraeg is a…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
And we are all learners.
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
Cymraeg belongs to everyone, regardless of whether they speak it. But too many people lack the confidence to become siaradwyr Cymraeg. People who can understand a lot lack confidence to take that step and to siarad Cymraeg. There is an obligation, isn't…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. The Welsh language belongs to everyone in Wales.
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Group 11: Meaning of ‘public authority’ (Amendment 52)
I do appreciate the points made. I appreciate that this governance gap might not be substantial. I would argue that it would be substantial enough still, owing to what those bodies would be, in particular the Crown Estate. So, I will still be pushing this to…
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Group 11: Meaning of ‘public authority’ (Amendment 52)
Very briefly. I thank the Deputy First Minister for his response.
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Group 11: Meaning of ‘public authority’ (Amendment 52)
And to close, Llywydd, this will be the last time for me to speak on this Bill during Stage 3. Could I therefore thank the committee team, the Commission, the Government team and the environmental groups that we've been working with—Wales Environment Link and…
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Group 11: Meaning of ‘public authority’ (Amendment 52)
This would require Welsh Ministers to report on progress in addressing the governance gap on reserved authorities operating in Welsh law—for example, the Crown Estate—at least once in every Senedd term. Currently, these fall outside the scope of the OEGW and…
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Group 11: Meaning of ‘public authority’ (Amendment 52)
Thank you, Llywydd. I speak to amendment 52.
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Group 10: Welsh Ministers’ plans and reports under section 6 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendments 49, 44, 22, 50, 23, 51)
First, I support the amendments in the name of Carolyn, and just to speak to amendment 44, that would ensure that Welsh Ministers would consult on their biodiversity plan before it is completed. This would ensure that stakeholders, including environmental…
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Group 9: Biodiversity targets: setting and reviewing targets (Amendments 14, 41, 15, 16, 17, 35, 18, 19, 20, 21)
Just to speak briefly to amendment 41, which is consequential to amendment 36, it would clarify that the OEGW must set out in its strategy how it intends to exercise its functions in line with the general purpose set out in section 10(a), rather than the…
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Group 8: Biodiversity targets: targets under new section 6B of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendments 40, 4, 5A, 5, 54, 6, 31, 42, 43, 45)
No.
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Group 8: Biodiversity targets: targets under new section 6B of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendments 40, 4, 5A, 5, 54, 6, 31, 42, 43, 45)
Thank you, Carolyn, for signalling your support of this principle as well. I do welcome what the Dirprwy Brif Weinidog has said. I know it is clear that there are a number of us as Members in this Chamber, not least the Members I’ve just mentioned, who will…
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Group 8: Biodiversity targets: targets under new section 6B of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendments 40, 4, 5A, 5, 54, 6, 31, 42, 43, 45)
I also thank Carolyn.
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Group 8: Biodiversity targets: targets under new section 6B of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendments 40, 4, 5A, 5, 54, 6, 31, 42, 43, 45)
I’d like to thank Jenny, firstly, the species champion, for her passion about the swift, for her determination on this topic. We do have to find a solution, not just for this one species, of course, but, looking at different migratory birds, looking at…
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Group 8: Biodiversity targets: targets under new section 6B of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendments 40, 4, 5A, 5, 54, 6, 31, 42, 43, 45)
And I just want to respond quickly to amendment 54.
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Group 8: Biodiversity targets: targets under new section 6B of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendments 40, 4, 5A, 5, 54, 6, 31, 42, 43, 45)
Diolch, Llywydd. Firstly, to respond to Alun's challenge, who I can’t see because of the layout of the room, but, Alun, there was a moment of jeopardy there. We thought you were all going to vote against for a second, but you’ve reassured us that you're not…
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Group 8: Biodiversity targets: targets under new section 6B of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendments 40, 4, 5A, 5, 54, 6, 31, 42, 43, 45)
Amendment 40 would ensure that, when setting biodiversity targets, Welsh Ministers can consider not just halting and reversing loss but also restoring biodiversity to resilient levels. This matters, because simply preventing decline would risk hindering our…
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Group 8: Biodiversity targets: targets under new section 6B of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendments 40, 4, 5A, 5, 54, 6, 31, 42, 43, 45)
Thank you, Llywydd. I'm grateful once again to the Government for its support with some of the amendments in this group—not all of them, of course, but some of them.
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Group 7: Office of Environmental Governance: representations and investigations (Amendments 38, 39, 2, 3)
The measure of the success of this Bill and the body it establishes will be the extent to which members of the public and communities feel empowered. It should not just be about processes, it should be about people—people who've seen their land, their water…
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Group 7: Office of Environmental Governance: representations and investigations (Amendments 38, 39, 2, 3)
Transparency, of course, is vital, and I think that that's the intention of every amendment in the group.
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Group 7: Office of Environmental Governance: representations and investigations (Amendments 38, 39, 2, 3)
'We are amending'. In Welsh, we say that we are improving the legislation.
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Group 7: Office of Environmental Governance: representations and investigations (Amendments 38, 39, 2, 3)
Thank you, Llywydd. I'm grateful again for the Deputy First Minister's comments. With the amendments that I have in this group, this is one of the reasons why I prefer the Welsh word 'gwelliant' to the English word 'amendment', because sometimes there is a…
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Group 7: Office of Environmental Governance: representations and investigations (Amendments 38, 39, 2, 3)
Amendment 38 clarifies that a person may make representations to the OEGW in relation to the matters that the OEGW may investigate. I feel very passionately about this because I think it's really important that this is on the face of the Bill. It would put…
