, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay, Ceri.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Oh, sorry—try again, Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
You are indeed, yes.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Thank you very much. Right, we have 15 minutes left, and I know we have at least three other areas of questioning, so I'll come next to Janet to ask a question.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
I'm conscious we have around 15 minutes left, so—.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
There we are, okay, that's excellent. Another thorough passage of questioning there and responses as well, thank you for that. Jenny.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Indeed, you're right, it's even broader than Government, isn't it? Ceri.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
There we are. Okay. Sir David wants to come in, also Ceri, and then we'll move on to Jenny then for the next—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
It's important for you to know, yes. Okay. Huw, you wanted to pick up on this.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
There we are. Okay. And, in being clear around what's expected, I suppose it gives you clarity then around what isn't so much a priority to deliver.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Thank you. We've spent quite a bit of time on that, but it's well worth it. And, as we were reminded earlier as well, we will have a specific session looking at water quality in a fortnight's time, so, obviously, we'll be able to delve even further into…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Thank you, Huw. I think we all concur with those comments. Carolyn, did you want to come in here on the NVZ issue?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Sir David.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Thank you. There's a lot to take in from both Clare and Ceri's comments there. Huw wants to come in, and I think Carolyn as well is particularly interested in the NVZ stuff, but we'll go to Huw first.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
There we are. Okay, thank you for that clarity. Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Thank you, Carolyn. I just wanted to ask about the new corporate plan. Clearly, you have or had a corporate plan, which was I think from 2018 running up to 2022. It's been rolled on to 2023, so I don't know if you can update us on when we might expect to see…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Diolch. There we are. Okay. Thank you for that clarity. Carolyn.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Before I bring Carolyn in, I'm picking up quite a positive vibe around a bespoke remit letter for flooding. Is that something that you particularly want to replicate across other areas, or would it get a bit too complicated then?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
So, just for clarity, then, the term of Government letter or remit letter, will that replace annual remit letters, or will they still be drawn up—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Thank you. Yes, you mentioned the remit letter. I was just wondering, where are we at in terms of an updated or a concurrent—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Ceri wants to come in as well.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
I do apologise—I must have hit the mute button. We have around 90 minutes for this session, so we will move immediately to questions, if that's okay with you, and I'll ask Janet Finch-Saunders to ask the first question. Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Welcome back to this meeting of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee at the Senedd. We've reached item 4 on our agenda, which is our annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales. This is the first annual scrutiny session of this Senedd…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23 - session 2
There we are. Okay, well, that brings us to the end of our allocated time. So, can I thank the Minister and the Deputy Minister, and your officials, for the evidence you've given us this morning? There are a few other areas that we didn't manage to cover, but…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23 - session 2
Thank you. You mentioned biodiversity, that leads us nicely on to Carolyn's question.
