Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 3 Senedd

and video Conference via Zoom  

Meeting date: 24 May 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 (09.30-11.30)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

 

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2       The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence from the Minister for Climate Change: part 1

(09.30-10.30)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 33)

Julie James MS, Minister for Climate Change

Olwen Spiller, Deputy Head of Environmental Protection - Welsh Government

Roger Herbert, Head of Air Quality Monitoring, Evidence and Assessment - Welsh Government

Helen Rowley, Lawyer – Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
Research brief - The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Survey findings - The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill

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Break (10.30-10.40)

 

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3       The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence from the Minister for Climate Change: part 2

(10.40-11.30)                                                                                                  

Julie James MS, Minister for Climate Change

Olwen Spiller, Deputy Head of Environmental Protection - Welsh Government

Roger Herbert, Head of Air Quality Monitoring, Evidence and Assessment - Welsh Government

Helen Rowley, Lawyer – Welsh Government

 

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4       Papers to note

(11.30)                                                                                                             

 

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 34 - 40)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Director of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Wales to the Chair in relation to the Environmental (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill

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4.2   The UK Emissions Trading Scheme

                                                                                                 (Pages 41 - 45)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Climate Change in relation to the provisional common framework for the UK Emissions Trading Scheme

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4.3   Electric Vehicle charging

                                                                                               (Pages 46 - 124)

Attached Documents:
Response from the Welsh Government to the Committee's report on the Welsh Government's EV charging infrastructure strategy and action plan

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4.4   Tata Steel - Decarbonisation of the steel industry

                                                                                             (Pages 125 - 126)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to Secretary of State for Business and Trade in relation to Tata Steel and the decarbonisation of the steel industry

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4.5   The Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No 3) for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

                                                                                             (Pages 127 - 128)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Local Government and Housing Committee to the Llywydd in relation to the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No 3) for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

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4.6   Common Frameworks

                                                                                                         (Page 129)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee in relation to their report on Common Frameworks

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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

(11.30)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting (11.30-12.15)

 

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6       The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

                                                                                                                          

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7       Consideration of the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

                                                                                             (Pages 130 - 135)

Attached Documents:
Legal note

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8       Consideration of the proposed timetable for the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill

                                                                                             (Pages 136 - 139)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Business Committee in relation to the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill

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