Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

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

Meeting date: 15 June 2022

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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Public meeting

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Scrutiny of the Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change - session 1

(09.30-10.30)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 18)

Julie James MS, Minister for Climate Change

Lee Waters MS, Deputy Minister for Climate Change

Attached Documents:
Research brief

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Break (10.30-10.45)

 

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3       Scrutiny of the Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change - session 2

(10.45-11.45)                                                                                                  

Julie James MS, Minister for Climate Change

Lee Waters MS, Deputy Minister for Climate Change

 

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4       Papers to note

(11.45)                                                                                                             

 

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4.1   COP15, biodiversity, environmental principles and governance, and Natural Resources policy

                                                                                                 (Pages 19 - 24)

Attached Documents:
Response from the Minister for Climate Change to the Chair's letter of 21 April in relation to the Welsh Government’s work on COP15, biodiversity, environmental principles and governance, and the Natural Resources Policy

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4.2   Energy price crisis

                                                                                                 (Pages 25 - 26)

Attached Documents:
Response from the Minister for Climate Change to the Chair's letter of 10 May in relation to the energy price crisis

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4.3   Single use plastic

                                                                                                 (Pages 27 - 31)

Attached Documents:
Response from the Minister for Climate Change to the Chair’s letter of 10 May in relation to single use plastic

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4.4   Decarbonisation of housing - additional written evidence following the Committee's meeting on 28 April

                                                                                                 (Pages 32 - 37)

Attached Documents:
Additional information from the National Residential Landlords Association in relation to decarbonisation of housing

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4.5   Renewable energy in Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 38 - 39)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Chair of the Welsh Affairs Committee, House of Commons in relation to renewable energy in Wales

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4.6   Water quality and sewage discharges: Report on storm overflows in Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 40 - 44)

Attached Documents:
Response from Hafren Dyfrdwy in relation to the Committee's recommendations in its report on storm overflows in Wales
Response from Welsh Water in relation to the Committee's recommendations in its report on storm overflows in Wales

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 45 - 47)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee in relation to the 16 May meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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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

(11.45)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting (11.45-12.00)

 

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6       Scrutiny of the Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change - consideration of evidence heard under items 2 and 3

 

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7       Consideration of the Committee's forward work programme in relation to its inquiry into decarbonisation of housing

                                                                                                 (Pages 48 - 55)

Attached Documents:
Paper - Forward work programme: decarbonisation of housing inquiry

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