Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 9 May 2024

Meeting time: 09.30 - 14.45
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13888

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair) Delyth Jewell MS Julie Morgan MS Carolyn Thomas MS Joyce Watson MS Janet Finch-Saunders MS
Witnesses:	Alyson Austin, United Valleys Action Group Chris Austin, United Valleys Action Group Sue Jordan, Individual Owen Jordan, Individual Lee Robinson, Transport for Wales Robbie Thomas, Welsh Government Joseph Dooher, Welsh Government Jason Prince, Urban Transport Group Stephen Rhodes, Transport for Greater Manchester
Committee Staff:	Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk) Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk) Andrew Minnis (Researcher)

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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 Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 4

2.1 The Committee received evidence from local residents.

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3 Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 5

3.1 The Committee received evidence from Carmarthenshire County Council.

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4 Roadmap to Bus Reform - Technical briefing

4.1 The Committee received evidence from Transport for Wales and Welsh Government officials.

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5 Roadmap to Bus Reform - evidence session with English transport authorities

5.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives of English transport authorities.

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6 Papers to note

6.1 The papers were noted.

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6.1 Restoration of opencast mining sites

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6.2 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

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6.3 Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023

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6.4 Restoration of opencast mining sites

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

7.1 The motion was agreed.

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8 Consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

8.1 Members considered the evidence received under items 2 and 3.

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9 Consideration of evidence received under items 4 and 5

9.1 Members considered the evidence received under items 4 and 5.

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10 Consideration of draft letter on Committee remits

10.1 Members agreed the draft letter subject to a few minor amendments.

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