Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee


Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 28 April 2022

Meeting time: 09.30 - 14.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12806


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Janet Finch-Saunders MS

Huw Irranca-Davies MS

Delyth Jewell MS

Jenny Rathbone MS

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

Louise Atwood, Linc Cymru

Neil Barber, Pobl Group

Mark Bodger, Construction Industry Training Board

Tom Boome, ClwydAlyn

Clarissa Corbisiero, Community Housing Cymru

Gavin Dick, National Residential Landlords Association

Matthew Dicks, Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru

Dr Edmund Green, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University

Cat Griffith-Williams, Constructing Excellence in Wales

Wayne Harris, Pobl Group

Christopher Jofeh, Welsh Government Independent Implementation Group on Residential Decarbonisation

David Lewis, ClwydAlyn

Dr Joanne Patterson, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University

Scott Sanders, Linc Cymru

Martin Turner, Construction Industry Training Board

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1        Delyth Jewell MS was elected Chair for today’s meeting under standing order 17.22.

1.2        The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.3        Apologies were received from Llyr Gruffydd MS.

1.4        The Chair stated that if for any reason she dropped out of the meeting, the Committee agreed that Huw Irranca-Davies MS would become Temporary Chair.</AI1>

 

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2       Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 1

2.1  The Committee heard evidence from representatives of the Welsh Government’s Independent Implementation Group on Residential Decarbonisation; and the Welsh School of Architecture.

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3       Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 2

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of Linc-Cymru; Pobl Group, and ClwydAlyn.

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4       Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 3

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of Community Housing Cymru; National Residential Landlords Association, and Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru.</AI4>

 

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5       Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 4

5.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), and Construction Excellence in Wales (CEWales).</AI5>

 

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6       Papers to note

6.1 The papers were noted.

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6.1   Decarbonisation of housing

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6.2   Decarbonisation of housing

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6.3   Marine environment management

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6.4   Common Frameworks

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6.5   Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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6.6   Committee Report on storm overflows

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6.7   UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS)

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6.8   Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the UK Government, the Welsh Government, Senedd Cymru and Ofcom

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6.9   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Engagement

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6.10 Biodiversity: Protecting and enhancing the natural environment

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6.11 Scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner

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7       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting

7.1 The motion was agreed.</AI18>

 

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8       Decarbonisation of Housing - consideration of evidence heard under items 2,3,4 and 5

8.1 Members considered the evidence heard under items 2,3,4 and 5.

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9       Renewable energy in Wales - consideration of the Committee's draft report

9.1 Due to a lack of time the Committee agreed to consider its draft report on renewable energy in Wales at its next meeting on 11 May.

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