Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 25 November 2021

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Marc Wyn Jones

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddClimate@senedd.wales

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Private pre-meeting (09.15-09.30)

 

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In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, the Chair has determined that the public are excluded from the Committee's meeting in order to protect public health. This meeting will be broadcast live on www.senedd.tv.

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Public meeting (09.30-10.45)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan

(09.30)                                                                                        (Pages 1 - 28)

Julie James MS – Minister for Climate Change

Robert Kent-Smith - Deputy Director Transport Strategy and Policy

Jonathan Oates - Head of Clean Growth

James Owen - Deputy Director for Land Management Reform  

Christine Wheeler - Deputy Director, Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

 

Welsh Government’s Net Zero Wales Carbon Budget 2 (2021 to 2025)

 

Written evidence from stakeholders outlining their initial views on the Net Zero Wales Plan

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Net Zero Wales
Paper - Welsh Government: Net Zero Wales Plan

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3       Papers to Note

(10.45)                                                                                                             

 

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3.1   Common Frameworks

                                                                                                 (Pages 29 - 30)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution in relation to Common Frameworks

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3.2   Environment Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 31 - 32)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Minister for Climate Change, and the Counsel General, in relation to the Legislative Consent Motion debate relating to provisions in the UK Government’s Environment Bill

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3.3   Sea bottom trawling and Marine Protected Areas

                                                                                                 (Pages 33 - 34)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Chair, Petitions Committee in response to his letter of 8 October, in relation to sea bottom trawling and Marine Protected Areas

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3.4   Sewage discharges from storm overflows

                                                                                                 (Pages 35 - 36)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Climate Change in relation to sewage discharges from storm overflows

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3.5   National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)

                                                                                                 (Pages 37 - 38)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chair from the Deputy Minister for Climate Change in relation to the Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)

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3.6   Complaint against Flintshire County Council

                                                                                                 (Pages 39 - 49)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chair from the Chair, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee in relation to a complaint over planning procedures at Flintshire County Council

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

(10.45)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting (10.45-11.00)

 

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5       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan: consideration of evidence received under item 2

                                                                                                                          

 

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Following the public meeting, the Committee will hold an informal strategic planning session on its priorities for the Sixth Senedd

 

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