Meeting Venue: Hybrid: Committee room
4 Tŷ Hywel and video Conference via
Zoom
Meeting date: Thursday, 6 July 2023
Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.15
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13393
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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 Neil Hemington, Welsh Government Owen Struthers, Welsh Government Nicholas Webb, Welsh Government |
Committee Staff: |
Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk) Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk) |
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.
2 Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Minister for Climate Change and Welsh Government officials.
3 Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
3.1 The Committee received evidence from the Minister for Climate Change and Welsh Government officials.
4 Papers to note
4.1 The papers were noted.
4.1 Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Act 2023
4.2 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24
4.3 Resources and Waste Common Framework
4.4 The UK Emissions Trading Scheme
4.5 The Interministerial Group for Housing, Communities and Local Government
4.6 The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - Additional technical information from the Minister for Climate Change
4.7 The Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Correspondence between the Minister for Climate Change and the Secretary of State for Levelling-Up
4.8 Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine - Legal opinion commissioned and shared by Coal Action Network
5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting
5.1 The motion was agreed.
6 Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3
6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received under items 2 and 3.
7 Consideration of the Committee's forward work programme - Autumn 2023
7.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its forward work programme for the autumn term.
8 The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - Consideration of the Committee's Stage 1 draft Report
8.1 Members agreed the draft report subject to a few minor amendments.
9 The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - Consideration of the Committee's Stage 1 draft Report
9.1 Members agreed the draft report subject to a few minor amendments.