Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid: Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 12 January 2023

Meeting time: 09.30 - 13.25
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13169


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)

Janet Finch-Saunders MS

Huw Irranca-Davies MS

Heledd Fychan MS (In place of Delyth Jewell MS)

Jenny Rathbone MS

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

Dr Liana Cipcigan, Cardiff University

Neil Lewis, Carmarthenshire Energy

Geoff Ogden, Transport for Wales

Dr Roisin Willmott, National Director, Royal Town Planning Institute Cymru

Malcolm Bebbington, SP Energy Networks

Paul Bevan, EVA group

Olly Craughan, DPD Group

Benjamin Godfrey, National Grid

David Wong, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) EV Group

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.

1.2  Apologies were received from Delyth Jewell MS and Heledd Fychan MS substituted.

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2       Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 1

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of Electric Vehicle Association (EVA) Cymru, Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence at Cardiff University, DPD Group, and, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) EV Group

 

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3       Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 2

3.1 Apologies were received from Cllr Morgan.

3.2 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of Transport for Wales, and the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).

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4       Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 3

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of SP Energy Networks, National Grid, and Carmarthenshire Energy, TrydaNi, Charge Place Wales Ltd, the Community Energy Sector’s Car Club.

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5       Papers to note

5.1 The papers were noted.

5.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee in relation to public appointments (agenda item 5.9).

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5.1   The future of bus and rail in Wales

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5.2   Storm overflows in Wales

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5.3   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24

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5.4   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23

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5.5   Scrutiny of the financial implications of Bills - correspondence between the First Minister and the Chair of the Finance Committee

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

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5.7   Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

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5.8   Climate adaptation and carbon budgets

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5.9   Public Appointments

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5.10 Prioritising committee business

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5.11 Ministerial scrutiny sessions

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5.12 The Plant Health and Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022

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5.13 Waste and Resources Common Framework

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5.14 Inter-institutional relations agreement

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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       Electric vehicle charging - consideration of evidence heard under items 2,3 and 4

7.1 Members considered the evidence heard under items 2, 3, and 4.

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8       Consideration of the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum for the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill

8.1 Members considered and agreed its draft report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum for the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill.

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