Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid: Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 16 March 2023

Meeting time: 09.30 - 13.00
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13234

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:

Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales, Audit Wales, Auditor General for Wales, Audit Wales

Stephen Lisle, Wales Audit Office

Sian Davies, Wales Audit Office

Andrew Morgan, Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)

Neil Davies, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

Jonathan Irvine, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

Tony Chatfield, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

Craig Morgan, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

Mary Ann Brocklesby, Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk)

Chloe Corbyn (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       Decarbonising the public sector - briefing from the Auditor General for Wales

2.1 The Committee received a briefing from the Auditor General.

2.2 The Committee asked questions to the Auditor General and representatives of Audit Wales.

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3       Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)

3.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives of the Welsh Local Government Association.

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4       Decarbonising the public sector - evidence session with the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)

4.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives of the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership.

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5       Papers to note

5.1 The papers were noted.

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5.1   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24

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5.2   Provisional common framework for resources and waste

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5.3   The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) Regulations 2023

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5.4   UK Emissions Trading Scheme

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5.5   Flood Risk Management in Wales

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5.6   Bus services

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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       Decarbonising the public sector - consideration of evidence received

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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8       The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - consideration of approach to stage 1 scrutiny

8.1 The Committee considered and agreed its approach to Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bill.

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