Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee rooms 1 and 2, Senedd and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 26 April 2023

Meeting time: 09. 30- 12.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13459

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)

Janet Finch-Saunders MS

Huw Irranca-Davies MS

Jenny Rathbone MS

Luke Fletcher MS (In place of Delyth Jewell MS)

Witnesses:

Tony Brady, Unite the Union

Charlotte Brumpton-Childs, GMB

Martin Brunnock, Tata Steel

Alasdair McDiarmid, Community Union

Huw Morgan, Tata Steel

Shavanah Taj, TUC Wales

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk)

Gareth David Thomas (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 Joyce Watson MS.

1.3 In accordance with Standing Order 17.24A, Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Luke Fletcher MS and Jenny Rathbone MS made declarations of relevant interests.

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2       Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Tata Steel

2.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives of Tata Steel UK.

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3       Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - evidence session with Trade Unions

3.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives of trade unions.

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4       Papers to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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4.1   The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill

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4.2   Decarbonising the private housing sector

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4.3   Natural Resources Wales

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4.4   Fuel Poverty

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4.5   The South Wales Metro

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4.6   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24

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4.7   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - engagement strategy

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4.8   Audit Wales report: Digital Inclusion in Wales

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4.9   Resources and Waste Common Framework

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4.10 Water company executive bonuses

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4.11 Nature Positive Bill </AI15>

 

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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

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6       Decarbonisation of the steel industry in South Wales - consideration of evidence received

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received under items 2 and 3.

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