Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue: Hybrid: Committee room

4 Tŷ Hywel and video Conference via

Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 13 September 2023

Meeting time: 09.47 - 12.26
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13469

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:

Hannah Hickman

Kelvin MacDonald

Sara Morris, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Peter Morris, Planning Officers Society Wales and Welsh Local Government Association

Steve Ball, Planning Officers Society Wales and Welsh Local Government Association

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk)

Mark Southgate (Expert Adviser)

Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser)

 

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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       Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics

2.1 The Committee received evidence from Hannah Hickman and Kelvin MacDonald.

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3       Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities

3.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives from Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, Cardiff Council and Powys County Council.

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4       Papers to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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4.1   Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Statement of Policy Intent

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4.2   The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - Welsh Government response to the Committee’s Stage 1 report

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4.3   The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - General Principles debate

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4.4   Downgrade of Dwr Cymru

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4.5   Energy Bill LCM

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4.6   Decarbonisation of housing: decarbonising the private housing sector

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4.7   Net Zero Wales:Carbon Budget 2 - Welsh Government Heat Strategy for Wales consultation

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4.8   Electric vehicle charging

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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       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.

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7       Interim Environmental Governance Measures in Wales - consideration of the Committee's draft report

7.1 The Committee considered and agreed its draft report.

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