Biodiversity on the Senedd Estate

Part of 3. Questions to the Senedd Commission – in the Senedd at 3:00 pm on 16 March 2022.

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Photo of Janet Finch-Saunders Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative 3:00, 16 March 2022

Thank you. Now, despite limited green space on our estate, the Commission has made significant improvements in recent years to encourage biodiversity, and in our carbon strategy we do commit to doubling the green space on the Senedd estate. That estate is largely tarmacked, but we have made improvements where we can, with a small garden strip extended last year, including a second pond, beehives, blossoming trees, bird boxes and bug hotels. We also maintain the land alongside the Senedd to encourage wild flowers, even though it is not ours. The gate between those two areas allows for some movement of insects and larger wildlife around the estate.