Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 13 June 2024

Meeting time: 09.30 - 14.10
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13925

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair) Janet Finch-Saunders MS Delyth Jewell MS Carolyn Thomas MS Joyce Watson MS Rhianon Passmore MS
Witnesses:	Jemma Bere, Keep Wales Tidy Gwen Frost, Resource Futures Keith James, WRAP Cymru Clarissa Morawski, Reloop Craig Mitchell, Policy Officer, Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) Paul Jones, Newport City Council Ashley Collins, Powys County Council Ben Maizey, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management Lee Marshall, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management Llyr ap Gareth, Federation of Small Businesses
Committee Staff:	Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk) Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk) Lorna Scurlock (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Julie Morgan MS.

1.3 Apologies were also received from Carolyn Thomas MS and from Joyce Watson MS for items 2 and 3. Rhianon Passmore MS substituted for Carolyn Thomas MS for those items.

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2 Inquiry on waste - evidence session with policy experts

2.1 The Committee received evidence from policy experts.

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3 Inquiry on waste - evidence session with local government representatives

3.1 The Committee received evidence from local government representatives.

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4 Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Chartered Institute of Waste Management

4.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management.

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5 Inquiry on waste - evidence session with the Federation of Small Businesses

5.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives of the Federation of Small Businesses Wales.

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6 Papers to note

6.1 The papers were noted.

6.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs in relation to  the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (agenda item 6.8).

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6.1 Inquiry on waste

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6.2 Legislative Consent: Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

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6.3 The Energy Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024

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6.4 Restoration of opencast mining sites

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

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6.6 The UK Emissions Trading Scheme

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6.7 Establishment and remits of committees

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6.8 Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023

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7 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and the start of the meeting on 26 June

7.1 The motion was agreed.

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8 Consideration of evidence received under items 2, 3, 4 and 5

8.1 Members considered the evidence heard under items 2, 3, 4 and 5.

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9 Restoration of opencast mining sites

9.1 Members considered the evidence received under item 9.

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