Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 5 February 2025

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Marc Wyn Jones

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddClimate@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting (09.15-09.30)

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Public meeting (09.30-12.00)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.30)

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2 Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill  - Evidence session with the UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA)

(09.30-10.15) (Pages 1 - 45)

Professor Robert Lee, Director of Education for the Centre for Environmental Research and Justice at the University of Birmingham – on behalf of the UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA)

Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill: consultation responses

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill
Paper – UKELA

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Break (10.15-10.20)

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3 Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with environmental organisations

(10.20-11.10) (Pages 46 - 57)

Daniel Therkelsen, Campaigner - The Coal Action Network

Haf Elgar, Director - Friends of the Earth Cymru

Attached Documents:
Paper - The Coal Action Network
Paper - Friends of the Earth Cymru

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Break (11.10-11.15)

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4 Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Mineral Products Association Wales and the British Aggregates Association

(11.15-12.00) (Pages 58 - 67)

Nick Horsley, Director of Planning, Industrial Minerals and MPA Wales – Mineral Products Association Wales

John Carlon, Planning, Permitting and Environmental Director – British Aggregates Association

Attached Documents:
Paper - Mineral Products Association Wales
Paper - British Aggregates Association

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5 Papers to note (12.00)

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5.1 Temporary Closure of Holyhead Port

(Pages 68 - 69)

Letter from the Chair of the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, and the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales in relation to the temporary closure of Holyhead Port – 20 December 2024

Attached Documents:
Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, and the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales to the Chair of the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee in relation to the temporary closure of Holyhead Port

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5.2 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26

(Pages 70 - 75)

Attached Documents:
Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government to the Chair in relation to the scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s 2025-26 budget

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

(Pages 76 - 91)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning to the Chair in relation to the review of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales

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

(12.00)

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Private meeting (12.00-12.30)

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7 Consideration of evidence received under items 2, 3 and 4

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8 UK-EU implementation review of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement

(Pages 92 - 108)

Attached Documents:
Summary of evidence: Trade and Cooperation Agreement - Implementation Review

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9 Consideration of the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Data (Use and Access) Bill

(Pages 109 - 126)

Attached Documents:
Legal note on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Data (Use and Access) Bill

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