Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 4 Ty Hywel

and Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 30 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       Green recovery in Wales

(09.30-10.45)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 83)

Sir David Henshaw, Chair – Green Recovery Task and Finish Group

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Paper - Green Recovery Group
Report by The Funding Centre - The Green Recovery Group – Report Updates (Private paper)

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Break (10.45-11.00)

 

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3       Interim environmental governance arrangements

(11.00-12.00)                                                                           (Pages 84 - 94)

Dr Nerys Llewelyn-Jones – Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales

Attached Documents:
Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales: Annual Report 2021-22

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Lunch break (12.00-12.30)

 

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Private pre-meeting (12.30-12.35)

 

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4       Green recovery and Interim environmental governance arrangements

(12.35-14.05)                                                                         (Pages 95 - 101)

Gareth Cunningham, Head of Conservation Wales – Marine Conservation Society

Professor Steve Ormerod, Professor of Ecology and Co-Director Water Research Institute – School of Biosciences, Cardiff University

Annie Smith, Head of Nature Policy and Casework – RSPB Cymru

Attached Documents:
Paper - Professor Steve Ormerod
Paper - RSPB Cymru

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5       Papers to note

(14.05)                                                                                                             

 

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5.1   Green recovery and Interim environmental governance arrangements

                                                                                             (Pages 102 - 105)

Attached Documents:
Paper from the Woodland Trust in relation to Green recovery and Interim environmental governance arrangements

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5.2   Bus and rail transport in Wales

                                                                                             (Pages 106 - 108)

Attached Documents:
Paper from West Coast Partnership in relation to the Committee's inquiry into bus and rail transport in Wales

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5.3   Cross Party Group on Medical Research

                                                                                             (Pages 109 - 112)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Economy to the Chair, Cross Party Group on Medical Research in relation to questions raised following the 27 April meeting of the Cross Party Group

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5.4   Interministerial Group for Housing, Communities & Local Government

                                                                                             (Pages 113 - 114)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government to the Chair in relation to the inaugural meeting of the Interministerial Group for Housing, Communities & Local Government, held on 24 May

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5.5   Environmental governance

                                                                                             (Pages 115 - 117)

Attached Documents:
Open letter from environmental organisations to the First Minister in relation to access to environmental justice

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5.6   Transport - urban speed limit

                                                                                             (Pages 118 - 119)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Climate Change to the Chair in relation to a 20mph default urban speed limit

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

(14.05)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting (14.05-14.30)

 

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7       Green recovery in Wales - consideration of evidence heard under item 2

                                                                                                                          

 

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8       Interim environmental governance arrangements - consideration of evidence heard under item 3

                                                                                                                          

 

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9       Consideration of approach to the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill

                                                                                             (Pages 120 - 127)

Attached Documents:
Consideration of approach to the LCM for the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill

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10    Consideration of the Committee's draft report on digital connectivity in Wales

                                                                                                        (To Follow)

Attached Documents:
Draft report on digital connectivity in Wales

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