Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid: Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 21 June 2023

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 (09.30-11.40)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Annual scrutiny of operation of interim environmental protection measures - evidence session with Office for Environmental Protection and Environmental Standards Scotland

(09.30-10.30)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 22)

Natalie Prosser, Chief Executive Officer - Office for Environmental Protection

Dame Glenys Stacey, Chair - Office for Environmental Protection

Mark Roberts, Chief Executive Officer - Environmental Standards Scotland

Attached Documents:
Research Brief - Environmental Governance

 

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Break (10.30-10.40)

 

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3       Annual scrutiny of operation of interim environmental protection measures - evidence session with the Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales

(10.40-11.40)                                                                           (Pages 23 - 34)

Dr Nerys Llewelyn-Jones – Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales

Attached Documents:
Paper - Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales Annual Report 2022-2023

 

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4       Papers to note

(11.40)                                                                                                             

 

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4.1   Bus services

                                                                                                 (Pages 35 - 40)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Deputy Minister for Climate Change in relation to bus services in Wales

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4.2   The Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) Methodology Paper

                                                                                               (Pages 41 - 122)

Attached Documents:
Correspondence from the Minister for Climate Change in relation to the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) Methodology Paper for the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill

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4.3   Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement - 39th British-Irish Council Summit

                                                                                                         (Page 123)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the First Minister to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee in relation to the Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement - 39th British-Irish Council Summit

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4.4   Biodiversity and the nature emergency - COP15 Implementation

                                                                                             (Pages 124 - 133)

Attached Documents:
Briefing note from Natural Resources Wales in relation to biodiversity and the nature emergency - COP15 implementation

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4.5   Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) Regulations 2023

                                                                                                         (Page 134)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Climate Change to the Chair in relation to the Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) Regulations 2023

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4.6   Warm Homes programme

                                                                                                         (Page 135)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister of Climate Change to the Chair in relation to the Warm Homes programme

 

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

(11.40)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting  (11.40-12.30)

 

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6       Annual scrutiny of operation of interim environmental protection measures - consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

                                                                                                                          

 

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7       Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Technical briefing from the Welsh Government

                                                                                             (Pages 136 - 142)

Attached Documents:
Technical Briefing – Presentation

 

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8       The Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Consideration of approach to Stage 1 scrutiny

                                                                                             (Pages 143 - 147)

Attached Documents:
Paper - Approach to scrutiny of the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill

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