, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Sure. Okay, thank you for that. So, I'm coming back now, then, to the authority, the disused tips authority—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Of course, that's an important distinction, yes.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
And you expressed support for this as well in your paper. Do you think it's a proportionate response, then, given the number of non-coal tips and their potential risk to human welfare?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Okay. Diolch yn fawr. Before I move on to the next question, can I extend a very warm welcome to colleagues from the Iraqi Council of Representatives who are joining us in the gallery? We're always very aware of the need to share experiences with other…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Okay. Did you want to pick up on the general question?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Yes, I think Julie wants to come in on that, and then we'll come to Carl afterwards.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Diolch, Delyth. Thank you. Okay, Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
We touched on this earlier, but it would be good just to go—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Dominic, and then we'll come to Rick.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Carl wants to finish something.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Delyth.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Excellent. Thank you. That has set the scene nicely for us. I'll invite Delyth Jewell to lead us in the next section.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Because the identification of greater risks might indeed lead to you needing to get involved more with those particular issues.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
And the Health and Safety Executive—what kind of evolution, potentially, will we see? Or is it just business as usual, just as another element?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Sure. Thank you. And capacity-wise, do you see any potential impact?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
To what extent has that discussion happened, or is happening?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Thank you. And similarly with the MRA.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Is that code for 'you haven't got enough capacity the minute'?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
We'll go into that in greater depth in a moment, but how do you envisage that role changing somewhat, as we move forward into the new regime?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
Welcome back to this meeting of the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee. We are moving now to our second scrutiny session of the morning but the third item on the agenda—that's why I paused there. Joining us today we have three…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Law Commission
I think you've done them justice, I have to say. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you for the evidence that you've shared with us. Committee will now break. We'll break for 10 minutes, and reconvene for a slightly earlier start to our second session, if we could…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Law Commission
I think we've covered most of the bases, unless any Members have anything else they wish to ask. Alison, do you have anything else that you wish to raise?
, 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, yes. So, yes, the potential for is there. Okay, thank you. Diolch. Janet, then, I think, next.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Law Commission
Just on definitions, as a committee we've had evidence just drawing our attention, really, to the meaning of tips being a bit different when it comes to the Mines Regulations 2014 and the Quarries Regulations 1999. It's much broader than what we have in 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
Diolch yn fawr. Joyce.
