, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
And everything that would need to flow underneath that is adequate in this Bill.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
If I can—? You talked about water flow, as an example; there’d be others. And, of course, in an ever-changing climate at the moment that can equally change and we’re looking at clarification of what is a tip, is there sufficient flexibility to redefine?…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Okay. That’s interesting. So, NRW, in your evidence, you report inconsistency in the application of the existing definition of ‘tips’. Do you want to clarify whether that was due to interpretation or misinterpretation of the legal definition, or is there…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Good morning. I want to explore the meaning of 'disused tip'. The MRA and HSE—in your papers, you highlight potential problems with the meaning of ‘tip’ in section 81. Do you want to expand on that? And do you think the meaning of ‘tip’ in section 81 needs to…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Law Commission
Okay, that's fair enough. And how does the definition in the Bill compare with 'a danger to members of the public' used under the existing regime set out in Part II of the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Law Commission
Okay, and could I ask about the 'threat to human welfare'? Would that include loss of property or land because some of these tips, of course, are behind where people live? So, the right to a place to live, which, in a potential slide, could have been removed…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Law Commission
Thank you. And the Bill seeks to ensure disused tips do not threaten human welfare by reason of their instability. Do you have a view on the meaning of ‘threat to human welfare’, set out in section 82? In particular, is it sufficiently clear?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Law Commission
Thank you. I'm moving on to definitions now. So, do you have any views on the meaning of ‘tip’ and ‘disused tip’ set out in section 81, and is it, in your view, sufficiently clear?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Law Commission
So, is there a risk in that flexibility—which you've repeated, quite rightly, all morning—is there a danger that a new administration might use that flexibility in a different direction?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Law Commission
Could I pursue the flexibility? Because flexibility can work in both directions.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Law Commission
So, you've sort of outlined, I'm assuming, the risks associated with not including the provision for management plans in the Bill. But there is no provision in the Bill requiring Welsh Ministers to issue guidance on the management plans. So, what are the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Law Commission
Good morning. I'm going to ask about management plans. The Law Commission recommended that all disused tips should have a statutory management plan, which the authority would be required to arrange. But, as pointed out in your paper, the Bill doesn't make…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Of course, we all know, Cabinet Secretary, that everyone has a part to play in keeping our communities clean and tidy, and a lot of people do just that. They actually manage to take their litter home or put it in the bin—amazing, I'm sure. So, I'm delighted…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
4. What is the Welsh Government doing to help tackle littering in Mid and West Wales? OQ62218
, Health and Social Care Committee
Motion to elect a temporary Chair for the meeting on 6 February 2025 in accordance with Standing Order 17.22
John Griffiths.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
Since this is particularly about trying to get people active, linked into obesity, what particular or specific actions are any of you taking or do you know of that are encouraging that group of people?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
I'm going to. I'm going to give another example, and I'm just leaving it on the table. I was in Norway last summer, and, from the very first time that young people are able to go outside, they go outside, regardless of the weather. It's all to do with the…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
It is short, very short. Neurodiversity training in sport—what people regard as a hidden disability, but nonetheless it's prevalent.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
Five minutes ago, I had an e-mail—we’ve all had it, but I picked it up—from grass-roots sports needing additional backing because of the financial situation that they’re finding themselves in, particularly when it comes to community hubs. This has come from…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
Just on some of that opportunity for disabled people—the first opportunity most children have to engage in activity is either through school or the local play area. And the local play area is, very often, not built with disability in mind. So, the question…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
You’ve mentioned ACEs many times, and that’s what you’re talking about, I guess. Are you invited at any stage to inform practitioners at all levels that this could be what they need to be looking at, rather than what they see?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
Okay. Thank you.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
Have you heard from the patients who you see much evidence of their condition beyond obesity being ignored? Because we took evidence where people were telling us that that was the case—that at the first point of referral, usually the GP, but not always, they…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
So, how do we deal with it?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
I want to talk about stigma and discrimination. I'll start with the fairly obvious question: to what extent is weight-related stigma and discrimination an issue for the patients that you see?
