Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 5 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 18 July 2024

Meeting time: 09.15 - 11.15
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14620

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

Witnesses:

Dr Nerys Llewelyn Jones, Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales

Anna Heslop, Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales

Lynda Warren, Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk)

Sara Moran (Researcher)

Chloe Corbyn (Researcher)

Katy Orford (Researcher)

 

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1       Consideration of draft report on proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme

1.1 Members agreed the draft report subject to a few minor amendments.

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2       Consideration of draft report on the restoration of opencast mining sites

2.1 Members agreed the draft report subject to a few minor amendments.

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3       Cross-committee call for evidence on the UK-EU implementation review of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA)

3.1 Members agreed to take part in the Cross-committee call for evidence on the UK-EU implementation review of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).

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4       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

4.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

4.2 Apologies were received from Julie Morgan MS.

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5       Annual scrutiny of operation of interim environmental protection measures - evidence session with the Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales

5.1 The Committee received evidence from witnesses.

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6       Papers to note

6.1 The papers were noted.

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6.1   Legislative Consent: Automated Vehicle Bill

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6.2   Scrutiny of Transport for Wales

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6.3   Petition P-06-1395 Halt significant new development on the Gwent Levels SSSIs

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6.4   Progress towards emissions reduction

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6.5   Establishment and remits of committees

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6.6   Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023

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6.7   Draft Budget 2024-25

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6.8   Scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales

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6.9   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26

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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

7.1 The motion was agreed.

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8       Consideration of evidence received under item 5

8.1 Members considered the evidence heard under item 5.

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