Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid: Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 7 December 2022

Meeting time: 09.20 - 12.40
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13059

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:

Dr David Clubb, National Infrastructure Commission for Wales

Jenifer Baxter, National Infrastructure Commission for Wales

Julie James MS, Minister for Climate Change

Lee Waters MS, Deputy Minister for Climate Change

Andy Falleyn, Welsh Government

John Howells, Welsh Government

Jonathan Oates, Welsh Government

Tanya Wigfall, Welsh Government

Emma Williams, Welsh Government

Clare Fernandez, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk)

Chloe Corbyn (Researcher)

Francesca Howorth (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       Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Chair and Deputy Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales.

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3       General scrutiny of the Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change - part 1

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

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4       General scrutiny of the Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change - part 2

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

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5       Papers to note

5.1 The papers were noted.

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5.1   Interim environmental protection measures

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5.2   Decarbonising privately-owned homes in Wales

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5.3   Petition P-06-1292 - Net Zero Wales

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5.4   Legislative Consent Memoranda for the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill

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5.5   Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

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5.6   Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

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

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5.8   Scrutiny of the financial implications of Bills

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

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

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5.11 Climate adaptation and carbon budgets

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5.12 Electric vehicle charging

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5.13 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24

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5.14 The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022

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5.15 The Plant Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022

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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

6.1 The motion was agreed.

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7       Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales - consideration of evidence heard under item 2

7.1 Members considered the evidence heard under item 2.

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8       Scrutiny of the Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change - consideration of evidence heard under items 3 and 4

8.1 Members considered the evidence heard under items 3 and 4.

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9       Consideration of the Committee's Forward Work Programme

9.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its Forward Work Programme.

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