Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid: Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 20 October 2022

Meeting time: 09.40
For further information contact:

Marc Wyn Jones

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddClimate@senedd.wales


Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting (09.15-09.40)

 

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Public meeting (09.40)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.40)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Decarbonising the private housing sector - evidence session 3

(09.40-10.50)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 66)

Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgages and Housing - Building Societies Association

Emma Harvey, Programme Director - Green Finance Institute

Matthew Jupp, Principal, Mortgages Policy - UK Finance

Cenydd Rowlands, Property Director - Development Bank of Wales

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Decarbonising the private housing sector
Engagement findings - Decarbonisation of housing
Paper - Building Societies Association
Paper - UK Finance
Paper - Development Bank of Wales

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Break (10.50-11.00)

 

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3       Decarbonising the private housing sector - evidence session 4

(11.00-12.00)                                                                           (Pages 67 - 85)

Dan Wilson Craw, Deputy Director - Generation Rent

Gavin Dick, Policy Officer – National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns - Property Mark

Attached Documents:
Paper - Generation Rent
Paper - National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)
Paper - Property Mark

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Break (12.00-12.10)

 

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4       Decarbonising the private housing sector - evidence session 5

(12.10-13.20)                                                                         (Pages 86 - 134)

David Adams, Sustainability Consultant - UK Green Building Council

Gordon Brown MCIOB, Chair of Cymru Member Hub Committee - Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)

Sam Rees, Senior Public Affairs Officer- Wales - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) 

Andy Sutton, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer - Sero

Attached Documents:
Paper - UK Green Building Council
Paper - Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
Paper - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Paper - Sero

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5       Papers to note

(13.20)                                                                                                             

 

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5.1   Decarbonising the private housing sector

                                                                                             (Pages 135 - 152)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Climate Change in relation to the Committee’s inquiry into decarbonisation of private housing in Wales

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5.2   The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill

                                                                                             (Pages 153 - 154)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Wales to the Chair in relation to The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill

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5.3   The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill

                                                                                             (Pages 155 - 156)

Attached Documents:
Response from Y Llywydd and Chair of the Business Committee to the Chair’s letter of 23 September in relation to The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill

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5.4   The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill

                                                                                             (Pages 157 - 158)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to Y Llywydd and Chair of Business Committee in relation to The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill

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5.5   Welsh Government draft budget 2023-24

                                                                                             (Pages 159 - 165)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Minister and Deputy for Climate Change, the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales, and Trefnydd, and the Minister for Economy in relation to the Welsh Government draft budget 2023-24

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5.6   The Biocidal Products (Health and Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

                                                                                             (Pages 166 - 167)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd in relation to the Biocidal Products (Health and Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

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5.7   Avian influenza

                                                                                             (Pages 168 - 169)

Attached Documents:
Response from the Minister for Climate Change to the Chair's letter of 9 August in relation to avian influenza

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5.8   House of Lords European Affairs Committee inquiry into the future UK-EU relationship

                                                                                                         (Page 170)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to Lord Kinnoull, Chair of the European Affairs Committee in relation to the House of Lords European Affairs Committee inquiry into the future UK-EU relationship

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5.9   Gilestone Farm - a biodiversity review

                                                                                             (Pages 171 - 193)

Attached Documents:
Correspondence from the Usk Valley Conservation Group in relation to a biodiversity review of Gilestone Farm

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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

(13.20)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting (13.20-13.40)

 

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7       Decarbonising the private housing sector - consideration of evidence heard under items 2,3 and 4

                                                                                                                          

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8       The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill - Order of consideration for Stage 2 proceedings

                                                                                             (Pages 194 - 195)

Attached Documents:
Paper - Stage 2 - order of consideration

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