The Welsh Government and the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Part of Questions to the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip – in the Senedd at 2:46 pm on 16 July 2019.

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Photo of Michelle Brown Michelle Brown Independent 2:46, 16 July 2019

Thank you for that answer, Deputy Minister. I assume that you and the Government were delighted by the response from the future generations commissioner when you decided to ditch the M4 relief road on the grounds that it would destroy forever sites that we, as one generation, should not be depriving an untold number of future generations of. Turning historical, ancient landscape into concrete is a one-way action and there's no reverse or repair. So, I wonder whether your Government's desire to carve up a piece of rare wet woodland, destroying a large part of it and denying that rarity to our generation and every generation that follows in the name of the red route relief road in Flintshire, has met with the commissioner's approval. Has your Government asked the commissioner for her opinion and, if so, what was her reply, please?