Speeches by Rhodes.

“I want to turn to the issue of nutrient neutrality. I will begin with Dr Boulton. Are the current measures to prevent nutrient pollution effective? If so, in what ways?”

“Could you come back to the Committee in written form with some of that evidence?”

“Also, in terms of the area in general, could you ask your members if there are ways in which local authorities, developers and environmental experts can work better together to facilitate more housing development, while effectively mitigating in terms of environmental risks from nutrient pollution? Can they provide any…”

“Also, in terms of the area in general, could you ask your members if there are ways in which local authorities, developers and environmental experts can work better together to facilitate more housing development, while effectively mitigating in terms of environmental risks from nutrient pollution? Can they provide any…”

“Could you come back to the Committee in written form with some of that evidence?”

“I want to turn to the issue of nutrient neutrality. I will begin with Dr Boulton. Are the current measures to prevent nutrient pollution effective? If so, in what ways?”

“Thank you.”

“How do you plan to ensure that those plans align with the UK’s domestic and international goals on biodiversity and nature?”

“You mentioned about working with other Departments. On achieving the ambitious targets of the NDC, a lot of policy areas will have devolved areas with the devolved nations and Administrations of the UK. How are you working with them to ensure that we put together the plan to deliver on this ambitious set of targets?”

“Secretary of State, you mentioned the ambitious NDC for 2035. I want to ask a couple of questions about the detail behind that about when we are likely to see the timetable for that plan. Will it be adhering to the best practice guidance set out by the UN in its Framework Convention on Climate Change?”

“Thank you. Dr Sayers?”

“4. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the “Make Work Pay” initiative on workers in Scotland.”

“Thank you, Chair. I will try to be quite quick in terms of the question and if you can keep your answers fairly short as well, so I do not fall out with the Chair for dragging the meeting on any longer than need be.”

“A question around resources is: do we have enough resources at the moment in terms of resilience measures, and if the answer is no, where are the pinch points, where are the problems in terms of funding? If there was one thing you would pick out that needs extra resources what would it be? I will put that to all of you…”

“I mean primarily financially in terms of if we are not putting enough money in at the moment where would you say the priorities are for extra money?”

“Thank you. Professor Naylor?”

“Professor McDonagh?”

“Thank you. Professor Hall?”

“My next question is moving on from the finances to the governance. One of the things that was mentioned in the discussion with the previous panel was the idea of bringing together agencies in terms of having an agency that was dealing with a whole range of issues around flooding resilience in terms of monitoring, forec…”

“Before I move on, so you would see more merit in the idea of greater co-ordination maybe at a regional level in terms of co-ordinating the different bodies rather than creating a super body, as you put it?”