, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair. We talked about nature-based solutions before, and I note that a commitment has been made to strengthen those during this Senedd term. Dŵr Cymru has highlighted that in order to achieve a 95 per cent reduction in the volume split from CSOs…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Well, no. We've galloped ahead. I've still got question 5 to ask.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Thank you, Gwenllian. Recent reports claim that water companies are regularly failing to report spills, or reporting them to be a lower category, so that enforcement action is not triggered. I'm aware that Ofwat is currently analysing responses to their open…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
I think you know I'm mightily impressed with the works that are going up in the upper parts of Conwy valley, and how that partnership working with all the agencies, including NRW, is just fantastic. Now, recent reports claim water companies—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Thank you. And I can just say, on the point that Mark made, it's about what people put down and things. I've run many a campaign in Aberconwy, really going out there and highlighting that you must not be flushing down wet wipes and things, with all the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Thank you. Good morning, everybody. Talking about combined storm overflows discharges, the CCRA3 technical report for Wales estimates that, in winter, rainfall is expected to increase by approximately 6 per cent by the 2050s and by 7-13 per cent by the 2080s…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: 70th Anniversary of the accession
Diolch, Llywydd, and I do hope you and all Members will join me in saying, 'Congratulations, indeed, Your Majesty'. The Queen has a central and pivotal role in our own constitution. Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the governance of the state is…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Adverse childhood experiences
A sizeable and worrying contributing factor to the attainment gap is the issue of mental health and well-being in our children, and last year a Cardiff University report found that around 19 per cent of young people in Wales reported very high levels of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Minister, our fishing industry and indeed the aquaculture sector remain an essential element of the Welsh food strategy. From north Wales crab to Conwy and Menai mussels, sustainable producers are providing high-quality nutritious food that includes essential…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you. As the Minister will be aware, I am totally opposed to bringing in unnecessary legislation—the Trade Union (Wales) Act 2017 and the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020 to name but two. On the latter, the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
5. How does the Minister monitor the value for money and effectiveness of Welsh Government spending on legislation? OQ57544
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Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Llywydd.
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Business Statement and Announcement
Yes. It's such an important issue—
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I would yet again like to endorse a request from Alun Davies MS and Huw Irranca-Davies for a statement on the lack of provision of dental services. Certainly, in my consistency of Aberconwy it's a big issue and I'm currently meeting with GPs and they're…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Public transport in rural areas
So, I call on the Deputy Minister now, we've had enough talk, let's please see some actions. Diolch.
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Public transport in rural areas
Good-quality public transport services do have a central role to play in terms of supporting health and well-being, eradicating social isolation and generally building up our communities. But they also have a central role to play in achieving a net-zero 2050…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Sorry, Minister. Sorry, Llywydd. I wasn't aware of that one.
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of the pandemic on the attainment gap?
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. I have to say that I was disappointed during climate change committee last week when the Deputy Minister refuted the fact that, during his deep dive on nature conservation, he basically ignored the fact when I said that I was concerned about…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
6. What action is the Welsh Government taking to conserve nature throughout the Welsh 200 nautical mile zone? OQ57494
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. As peat is five times more effective at storing carbon than trees, there really is no excuse now for not increasing the scale and pace of investment to protect and restore our peatlands. We all agree on the need to protect the environment, but it…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. Now, one area that would hugely benefit from more ambitious targets is your pledge to restore 800 to 900 hectares of peatlands per annum. Now, during the cross-party group for biodiversity, there was general consensus that we must adequately fund…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Llywydd. In June 2021, our Senedd Cymru, Welsh Parliament, declared a climate change and nature emergency. We voted in favour of introducing a legally binding requirement to reverse biodiversity loss through statutory targets. Five months later…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Thank you, Chair.
