Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 29 September 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 (09.30)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Papers to note: note papers from the Committee's meeting on 22 September 2022 (6.1 to 6.11)

(09.30)                                                                                                             

 

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3       Draft Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5

(9.30-10.30)                                                                               (Pages 1 - 27)

Matt Davies, Head of Public & Environmental Affairs – British Plastics Federation (BPF)

Natalia Lewis-Maselino, Industrial Issues Executive; Plastics & Flexible Packaging – British Plastics Federation (BPF)

 

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

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Paper - British Plastics Federation

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Break (10.30-10.40)

 

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4       Draft Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic) Bill - evidence session 6

(10.40-11.25)                                                                           (Pages 28 - 32)

Judith Parry, Chair - Trading Standards Wales, and, Trading Standards and Registrar Service Manager - Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Craig Mitchell, Head of Waste Support -  Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)

Attached Documents:
Paper - Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)

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Break (11.25-11.30)

 

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5       Draft Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic) Bill - evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change

(11.30-12.30)                                                                                                  

Julie James MS, Minister for Climate Change

Elen Shepard, Deputy Director, Environmental Protection – Welsh Government

Nick Howard, Senior Government Lawyer – Welsh Government

Richard Clark, Head of Local Environment Quality – Welsh Government

 

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6       Papers to note

(12.30)                                                                                                             

 

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 33 - 52)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Climate Change in relation to amendments the Minister will be seeking at Stage 2 consideration of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 53 - 61)

Attached Documents:
Letter and statement of policy intent from the Minister for Climate Change in relation to the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill

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

(12.30)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting 12.30-13.00

 

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8       Draft Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill - consideration of evidence heard under items 2, 3 and 4

                                                                                                                          

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9       Consideration of the Committee's draft report on the Legislative Consent Memoranda for the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill

                                                                                                                          

 

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10    Consideration of the Committee's Forward Work Programme

                                                                                                 (Pages 62 - 67)

Attached Documents:
Paper - Forward Work Programme

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