Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 4 Ty Hywel

and Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 15 June 2022

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.15
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12854

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

Jenny Rathbone MS

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

Julie James MS, Minister for Climate Change

Lee Waters MS, Deputy Minister for Climate Change

Steve Vincent, Welsh Government

Dr Jess Pearce, Welsh Government

Emma Williams, Welsh Government

Alice Teague, Marine

Ceri Witchard, Nature and Forestry

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk)

Andrew Minnis (Researcher)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

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

2.1 Members heard evidence from the Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change.

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

3.1 Members continued to hear evidence from the Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change.

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4       Papers to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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

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4.2   Energy price crisis

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4.3   Single use plastic

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

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4.5   Renewable energy in Wales

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

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4.7   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

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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

6.1 Members considered the evidence heard under items 2 and 3. They agreed to write to the Minister and Deputy Minister to request further information on some of the issues raised during the session.

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

7.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its Forward Work Programme in relation to its inquiry into decarbonisation of housing.

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