Meeting Venue:
Committee room 3 Senedd
and video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: 21 March 2024
Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:
Marc Wyn Jones
Committee Clerk
0300 200 6565
SeneddClimate@senedd.wales
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(09.30)
(09.30-10.45) (Pages 1 - 189)
Aled Jones, President - National Farmers Union (NFU) Cymru
Rachel Lewis-Davies, National Environment and Land Use Adviser - National Farmers Union (NFU) Cymru
Gareth Parry, Deputy Head of Policy - Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW)
Elin Jenkins, Policy Officer - Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW)
George Dunn, Chief Executive - Tenant Farmers Association
Attached Documents:
Research brief - Sustainable Farming Scheme
Paper - National Farmers Union (NFU) Cymru
Paper - Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW)
Paper - Tenant Farmers Association
(11.00-12.15) (Pages 190 - 270)
Rhys Evans, Wales Manager, Sustainable Farming Lead - Nature Friendly Farming Network
Arfon Williams, Head of Land and Sea Policy - RSPB Cymru
Andrew Tuddenham, Head of Policy Wales – Soil Association
Alex Phillips, Policy & Advocacy Manager - WWF Cymru
Attached Documents:
Paper - Nature Friendly Farming Network (Key Points Briefing)
Paper - Nature Friendly Farming Network (Consultation
response)
Paper - Soil Association (Summary)
Paper - Soil Association (Consultation response)
Paper - Wales Environment Link
(13.00-14.00) (Pages 271 - 281)
Dr Ludivine Petetin, School of Law and Politics - Cardiff University
Professor Iain Donnison, Head of Department - Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences (IBERS)
Attached Documents:
Paper - Dr Ludivine Petetin
Paper - Professor Iain Donnison
(Pages 282 - 283)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh
Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee to Rt Hon
Michelle Donelan MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and
Technology in relation to the National Underground Asset
Register.
(Pages 284 - 288)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee to the Chair in
relation to the petition P-06-1388 Remove the requirement for
farmers to have at least 10% tree cover to access the new
Sustainable Farming Scheme
Letter from the Chair to the Chair of the Economy, Trade, and Rural
Affairs Committee in relation to the Welsh Government’s
proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS)
Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North
Wales, and Trefnydd in relation to the Welsh Government’s
proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS)
(Pages 289 - 293)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and
Trefnydd to the Chair in relation to the Plant Health (Fees)
(England) and Official Controls (Frequency of Checks) (Amendment)
Regulations 2024
Follow up letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North
Wales, and Trefnydd to the Chair in relation to thePlant Health
(Fees) (England) and Official Controls (Frequency of Checks)
(Amendment) Regulations 2024
(Pages 294 - 296)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs
Committee to Mabon ap Gwynfor in relation to Internal Drainage
Districts
Letter from Mabon ap Gwynfor MS to the Chair in relation to
Internal Drainage Districts
(Pages 297 - 298)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and
Trefnydd to the Chair in relation to the Environment and Rural
Affairs (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations
2024
(Pages 299 - 327)
Attached Documents:
Response from the Minister and Deputy Minister for Climate Change
to the Committee's report: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft
Budget 2024-25
(Pages 328 - 337)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chief Executive of Transport for Wales to the Chair
in relation to the annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Letter from the Chief Executive of Transport for Wales to the Chair
in relation to the provision of services during the Football Euro
2024
(Page 338)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Climate Change to the Chair in
relation to the Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change
Inter-Ministerial Group
(Pages 339 - 342)
Attached Documents:
Follow up letter from the Chair to the Minister for Climate Change
in relation to the Ffos y Fran opencast coal mine
Response from the Minister for Climate Change to the Chair in
relation to Ffos-y-Fran opencast coalmine
(Pages 343 - 347)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Senior Director of Ofwat to the Chair in relation
to Ofwat's investigation into Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
Response from the Minister of Climate Change to the Committee's
report: Report on performance of Dŵr Cymru Welsh
Water
(14.00)
(Page 348)
Attached Documents:
Draft report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the
Automated Vehicles Bill
(Page 349)
Attached Documents:
Draft report on the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales -
2022-23
(Page 350)
Attached Documents:
Forward work programme
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