Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 4 Ty Hywel and Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 11 May 2022

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.10
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12819

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)

Janet Finch-Saunders MS

Huw Irranca-Davies MS

Delyth Jewell MS

Ken Skates MS (In place of Jenny Rathbone MS)

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

Ben Allwright, Ogi

Rhian Connick, National Federation of Women's Institutes - Wales

Constance Dixon, Openreach

Dr Sian Phipps, Communications Consumer Panel

Hywel William, Ofcom Advisory Committee for Wales

Elinor Williams, Ofcom

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk)

Robin Wilkinson (Researcher)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2        Apologies were received from Jenny Rathbone MS and Ken Skates MS substituted.

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2       Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 1

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of the National Federation of Women's Institute Wales (NFWI-Wales); the Communications Consumer Panel, and Ofcom Advisory Committee for Wales.

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3       Digital connectivity in Wales - evidence session 2

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of Ogi; Openreach, and Ofcom Wales.

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4       Papers to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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4.1   Digital connectivity in Wales

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4.2   The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022

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4.3   Inter-Ministerial Group on Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change

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4.4   Digital connectivity in Wales

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

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6       Digital connectivity in Wales - consideration of evidence heard under items 2 and 3

6.1  Members considered the evidence heard during today’s evidence sessions.

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

7.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its draft report, subject to a few minor amendments.

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8       Provisional Common Frameworks for Air Quality, and Chemicals and Pesticides - consideration of the Committee's draft report

8.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its draft report.

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