Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee room 3 Senedd

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 21 March 2024

Meeting time: 09.30 - 15.00
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13727


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)

Huw Irranca-Davies MS

Witnesses:

Aled Jones, NFU Cymru

Rachel Lewis-Davies, NFU Cymru

Gareth Parry, Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW)

Elin Jenkins, Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW)

Rhys Evans, Nature Friendly Farming Network

Arfon Williams, RSPB

Andrew Tuddenham, Soil Association

Alex Phillips, WWF

Dr Ludivine Petetin, Cardiff University

Professor Iain Donnison, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk)

Masudah Ali (Legal Adviser)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 Apologies were received from Delyth Jewell MS and Joyce Watson MS.

1.2 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

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2       Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) - evidence session with farming representatives

2.1 The Committee received evidence from farming representatives.

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3       Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) - evidence session with environmental organisations

3.1 The Committee received evidence from environmental organisations.

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4       Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) - evidence session with academics

4.1 The Committee received evidence from academics.

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5       Papers to note

5.1 The papers were noted.

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5.1   Legislative Consent: Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

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5.2   Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS)

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5.3   The Plant Health (Fees) (England) and Official Controls (Frequency of Checks) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

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5.4   Internal Drainage Districts

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5.5   The Environment and Rural Affairs (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2024

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5.6   Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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5.7   Scrutiny of Transport for Wales

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5.8   Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Inter-Ministerial Group

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5.9   Ffos-y-Fran opencast coalmine

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5.10 Performance of Dwr Cymru Welsh Water

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6       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting

6.1 The motion was agreed.

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7       Consideration of evidence received under items 2, 3 and 4

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received under items 2, 3 and 4.

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8       Consideration of draft report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Automated Vehicles Bill

8.1 Members agreed to consider and agree the draft report outside of Committee.

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9       Consideration of draft report on the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales - 2022-23

9.1 Members agreed to consider and agree the draft report outside of Committee..

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10    Consideration of the Committee's forward work programme - Summer 2024

10.1 Members agreed to consider and agree the forward work programme outside of Committee.

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