Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 – Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Wednesday, 25 January 2023

Meeting time: 09.40 - 12.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13170

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)

Huw Irranca-Davies MS

Delyth Jewell MS

Jenny Rathbone MS

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

Julie James MS, Minister for Climate Change

Lee Waters MS, Deputy Minister for Climate Change

Gian Marco Currado, Welsh Government

Peter McDonald, Welsh Government

Jonathan Oates, Welsh Government

Dean Medcraft, Welsh Government

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 Janet Finch-Saunders MS.

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2       Papers to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24

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2.2   The Welsh Government's climate change commitments

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2.3   Trees and woodland

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2.4   UK Emissions Trading Scheme

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3       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 4 and 7 of today's meeting

3.1 The motion was agreed.

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4       Consideration of the Committee's draft report - Decarbonising the private housing sector

4.1 Members considered and agreed its draft report subject to a few minor amendments.

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5       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 1

5.1 The Committee received evidence from the Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change, and Welsh Government officials.

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6       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2

6.1 The Committee continued to receive evidence from the Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change, and Welsh Government officials.

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7       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - consideration of evidence heard under items 5 and 6

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received under items 5 and 6.

7.2 Due to reporting timescales Members agreed to consider and agree its draft report outside of Committee.

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