Environment and Sustainability Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Thursday, 22 November 2012

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09:00 - 14:35

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
 http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_300000_22_11_2012&t=0&l=en

http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_300002_22_11_2012&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Chair)

Mick Antoniw

Vaughan Gething

Llyr Huws Gruffydd

William Powell

David Rees

Antoinette Sandbach

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Kevin Austin, Welsh Government

Alun Davies, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes

Victoria Davies, Welsh Government

David Hughes, European Commission in Wales

Professor Peter Matthews, Natural Resources Wales

Dr Emyr Roberts, Natural Resources Wales

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Alun Davidson (Clerk)

Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk)

Nia Seaton (Researcher)

Gregg Jones (Researcher)

 

 

 

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1.  Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 Apologies were received from Keith Davies and Julie James. Ken Skates substituted for Keith Davies.

 

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2.  Inquiry into the proposed abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board

2.1 The Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes and officials responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 

 

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3.  Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to exclude the public from the meeting for items 4, 5 and 8

 

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4.  Update on the European Commission's Forward Work Programme

4.1 The witnesses updated the Committee on the European Commission’s Forward Work Programme.

 

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5.  Natural Resources Wales

5.1 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee on Natural Resources Wales.

 

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6.  Papers to note

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Letter from the Minister for Environment & Sustainable Development - Actions arising from 18 October meeting on Budget Scrutiny

 

6.1 The Committee considered the letter from the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development.

 

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7.  The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order - Consideration of evidence

7.1 The Committee discussed the evidence it had received on the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order.

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

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