Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee room 3 Senedd

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 12 December 2024

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.00
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14195


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

Hefin David MS (In place of Joyce Watson MS)

Witnesses:

Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

Chris Jones, Welsh Government

Madeline Rees, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Mahima Khan (Deputy Clerk)

Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser)

 

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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 Joyce Watson MS. Hefin Davies MS substituted.

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2       Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs and his officials.

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3       Papers to note

3.1 The papers were noted.

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3.1   Decarbonisation of housing

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3.2   Scrutiny of Transport for Wales

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3.3   Flooding in Wales

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3.4   Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill

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3.5   The UK Emissions Trading Scheme

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3.6   Legislative Consent: Great British Energy Bill

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5       Consideration of evidence received under item 2

5.1 Members considered the evidence heard under item 2.

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6       Consideration of the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum No.3 on the Water (Special Measures) Bill

6.1 The Committee considered the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Water (Special Measures) Bill.

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7       Consideration of draft letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning in relation to energy, planning and transport

7.1 The Committee considered and agreed its draft letter.

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8       Consideration of draft letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales in relation to transport

8.1 The Committee considered and agreed its draft letter.

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9       Consideration of draft report on halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030

9.1 The Committee agreed the draft report on Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030.

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10    Consideration of the Committee's forward work programme - Spring 2025

10.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its Forward Work Programme.

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