Amendment 21, in clause 1, page 2, line 4, at end insert— ‘(e)
Public access to and enjoyment of the natural environment.’ This
amendment is designed to require the Government to set
legally-binding, long-term targets to increase public access to,
and enjoyment of the natural environment. Amendment 40, page 2,
line 20, at end insert— ‘(10) In setting a target, the Secretary of
State must take into account any targets set by Senedd Cymru. (11)
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Amendment 21, in clause 1, page 2, line 4, at end
insert—
‘(e) Public access to and enjoyment of the natural
environment.’
This amendment is designed to require the Government to set
legally-binding, long-term targets to increase public access to,
and enjoyment of the natural environment.
Amendment 40, page 2, line 20, at end insert—
‘(10) In setting a target, the Secretary of State must take
into account any targets set by Senedd Cymru.
(11) If the UK Government seeks to spend funds from
the shared prosperity fund on
infrastructure in Wales, an impact assessment must be carried out
and published on the effect of the infrastructure project on the
target set by Senedd Cymru.
(12) If the impact assessment under subsection (11) finds
that the infrastructure project would have a negative effect on the
achievement of the target set by Senedd Cymru, the Secretary of
State must seek and receive the consent of Senedd Cymru to that
infrastructure spending.’
This amendment would ensure that the consent of Senedd Cyrmu
would be required before the UK Government could use the financial
assistance powers in the UK Internal Market Bill to spend via
the shared prosperity fund on
infrastructure projects in Wales which would undermine
environmental targets set by Senedd Cymru...
(Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) (Ind) [V]:...I
fear greatly that the latest power grab will see any climate
ambitions set by the Senedd actively undermined by Westminster. I
am talking, of course, of the powers grabbed via the United Kingdom
Internal Market Act 2020 to spend in devolved areas, which the
British state intends to use to deliver the shared prosperity fund It takes
very little imagination to picture a scenario in which the British
Government bypass the will of our democratically elected Senedd and
pursue their Union Jack-plastered pet project in Wales without any
regard for the environmental consequences.
Amendment 40 in my name seeks to defend Wales from
Westminster intrusion. It would require that an impact assessment
is carried out on the effect on environmental targets set by the
Senedd of any infrastructure project that the British dare to seek
to deliver in Wales via the shared prosperity fund or any
other mechanism. Where the effect is found to be a negative one, my
amendment would give the Senedd a veto on the project...
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