Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Wednesday, 22 May 2024

Meeting time: 09. - 12.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13889

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)

Janet Finch-Saunders MS

Delyth Jewell MS

Julie Morgan MS

Carolyn Thomas MS

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Welsh Government

Claire Bennett, Welsh Government

Jonathan Oates, Welsh Government

Ellis Cooper, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

David Cross, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Judith Jones, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Geraint Morgan, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Carwyn Morris, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Geraint Thomas, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk)

Chloe Corbyn (Researcher)

Lorna Scurlock (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       Climate Change scrutiny with the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs and Welsh Government officials.

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3       Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6

3.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives from Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.

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4       Papers to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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4.1   Environment Food and Rural Affairs Interministerial Group

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4.2   Restoration of opencast mining sites

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4.3   Committee remits following the recent reconfiguration of the Welsh Government Cabinet

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4.4   Impacts of the fashion industry on the environment

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4.5   Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

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4.6   Infrastructure (Wales) Bill

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4.7   Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)

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