Mr Cynog Dafis: ...with English ones were ever to come to fruition? Does he accept that, if there were any such proposals in relation to Tai Cymru, the Higher and Further Education Funding Council for Wales or the Countryside Council for Wales, there would be a furious reaction in Wales? Will he give us an assurance that he will ensure that any such move is blocked?
Mr Gwilym Jones: ...be a review at the end of the period. We are already planning to take into account in the review all the socio-economic conditions that the hon. Gentleman has outlined. Meanwhile I believe that the Countryside Council for Wales can carry forward the work. During the current financial year, it has been given about £1,150,000 to assist its activities.
William Hague: .... I am maintaining funding for the Sports Council for Wales, which will enable it to take forward the initiative that I announced in September for the encouragement of sport for young people. The Countryside Council for Wales plays a key role in providing conservation and environmental protection of the Welsh countryside. I want to see that role enhanced. I am boosting the council's...
Mr Cynog Dafis: ...What kind of body should be responsible for driving the sustainable development process in Wales? It should, of course, be a powerful Welsh Parliament, but what about the interim? Should it be the Countryside Council for Wales? Sustainable development is about much more than the countryside. It is just as much about what goes on in the factories of Glamorgan, Gwent and Deeside. The new...
William Hague: ...bit higher or much higher. Where would they find resources in the Welsh block? Would they come from the health budget that I have increased, the training budget, to which I have directed money, the Countryside Council for Wales, whose budget I have increased, the Welsh Development Agency, which has received an increase in its grant in aid, or, as the local authorities have suggested,...
George Young: ...coastline falls within the Pembrokeshire coast national park, reflecting its great natural beauty. The area is of importance to wildlife, particularly birds. Accordingly, the local authorities, the Countryside Council for Wales and other environmental and welfare interests such as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds...
Peter Atkinson: ...regulations rightly forbid the use of warfarin in areas where there are red squirrels. We do not want to kill reds at the same time as greys. The Forestry Commission and others, including the Countryside Council for Wales, have developed a method of feeding the poison to grey squirrels but not to reds. This is done with a specially designed hopper. The red cannot get into the feeder...
George Young: ...made available for a comprehensive environmental assessment and a long-term monitoring programme in the area affected by the spill. That work will start immediately, and will be undertaken by the Countryside Council for Wales, acting in partnership with other statutory agencies and voluntary environmental groups. It is intended to assess the impact of the spillage on both coastal and...
William Hague: ...successes for Wales during the coming year. The quality of our environment is one of our most precious assets. In recognition of this, in my time in office so far I have increased the budget of the Countryside Council for Wales. I have announced our intention to produce a rural White Paper, which will be published within the next few weeks. I am launching the Environment Agency for Wales...
Nigel Evans: ...the nation's energy, we would need between 30,000 and 40,000 wind turbines. That would occupy 1,500 square miles. It is not only a case of not in my back yard, but not in my front yard as well. The Countryside Council for Wales said in its policy document on wind turbine power stations: while they are welcomed as a source of renewable energy, the scale of their contribution to meeting...
William Hague: ...bringing its budget next year to £3.7 million, enabling it to discharge its new responsibilities of grant-aiding the four major Welsh language organisations. I am providing £23.2 million for the Countryside Council for Wales, an increase of £1.2 million over this year. That comes on top of last year's large increase and the additional funds that I have made available in-year to address...
William Hague: ...those high standards. We have launched a business and environment campaign, making companies more aware of the impact of their operations on the environment. We have increased the funding of the Countryside Council for Wales for the second successive year, established a Wales biodiversity group, and launched the Environmental Education Council for Wales. Those measures add up to a...
Mr Ron Davies: ...their own interests and ideologies—for example, the restrictions on the budget of the WDA; the restriction on the promotion of Welsh economic interests in Europe; the assault on the budget of the Countryside Council for Wales; the forced council tax increases; the nursery voucher scheme; grant-maintained schools; the popular schools initiative; and the appointment of cronies to...
Mr Gareth Thomas: ...visited an upland farm, Plas Matw, owned by Mr. Tecwyn Evans. I must congratulate him on the conservation work, especially the protection of hedgerows, that he has undertaken with the support of the Countryside Council for Wales and the Agricultural Training Board. I welcome the Government's initiative in that respect. The Government have inherited a difficult situation, but they have a...
Elliot Morley: ...large amounts of public money for little environmental gain. We do not yet have a full picture of what area of freshwater coastal wetland is at risk. English Nature, the Environment Agency and the Countryside Council for Wales have just commissioned a joint study that will assess the potential impact of coastal processes on internationally important sites around the coast of England and...
Angela Eagle: ...interest. The Environment Agency guidelines asked water companies to cost the protection of any site of special scientific interest that was on the priority lists drawn up by English Nature and the Countryside Council for Wales and was affected by discharges from sewage treatment works or by water abstraction in the vicinity. It was especially important to distinguish the sites that are...
...or tribunal or held in any department of the Supreme Court) which is specified by order made by the Lord Chancellor.(2) The bodies and establishments referred to in subsection (1)(e) are—(a) the Countryside Council for Wales,(b) the Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales,(c) Family Practitioner Committees for localities in Wales,(d) the Further Education Funding Council for...
...Records Act 1958. In the First Schedule, in the Table at the end of paragraph 3— in Part I, the entry relating to the Welsh Board of Health, and in Part II, the entries relating to the Countryside Council for Wales, the Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales, the Further Education Funding Council for Wales, the General Teaching Council for Wales, the Higher Education Funding...
...Owen Jones): Of the public rights of way that were surveyed between 1992 and 1997, 53 per cent. were free of obstruction at the end of 1997 and a further 24 per cent. were considered usable. The Countryside Council for Wales is funding programmes that are improving that by a further 1,500 km, or 4 per cent of the total, each year. In future, that matter will become the responsibility of...
Michael Meacher: ...legitimate interests of land managers fully into account. The new statutory right of access will apply to mountain, moor, heath and down, subject to mapping by the new Countryside Agency and the Countryside Council for Wales, and to registered common land. That amounts to about 4 million acres. The right may be extended to other types of open country, such as some woodland. It will apply...
