Agenda

DRAFT MINUTES

Meeting ID

14850

Committee

Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Date

12/03/2025

Attendees

Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)

Janet Finch-Saunders MS (Member)

Delyth Jewell MS (Member)

Julie Morgan MS (Member)

Carolyn Thomas MS (Member)

Joyce Watson MS (Member)

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Lukas Evans Santos (Monitor)

Mahima Khan (Monitor)

Richard Thomas (Monitor)

Rhayna Mann (Monitor)

Llyr Wilson-Price (Monitor)

Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser)

Matthew Richards (Monitor)

Andrew Minnis (Monitor)

Jake Lloyd-Newman (Monitor)

Chloe Corbyn (Monitor)

Armandine Debus (Monitor)

Elfyn Henderson (Researcher)

Francesca Howorth (Monitor)

Katy Orford (Monitor)

Kathryn Potter (Monitor)

Lorna Scurlock (Monitor)

Ben Stokes (Monitor)

Matthew Sutton (Researcher)

Robin Wilkinson (Monitor)

Sara Moran (Monitor)

Charllotte Lenton (Monitor)

MSS Llyr Gruffydd (Monitor)

MSS Janet Finch-Saunders (Monitor)

MSS Delyth Jewell (Monitor)

MSS Julie Morgan (Monitor)

MSS Carolyn Thomas (Monitor)

MSS Joyce Watson (Monitor)

Central Admin (Monitor)

Access All Committees (Monitor)

TRS Admin group (Monitor)

TRS - Users (Monitor)

Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (Monitor)

Access to Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (Monitor)

Publishers for Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (Sixth Senedd) (Monitor)

Rachael Cunningham (Witness)

Ceri Davies (Witness)

Tim England (Witness)

Sir David Henshaw (Witness)

Gareth O’Shea (Witness)

Jeremy Parr (Witness)

Item ID

94926

Item Title

Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

Summary

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

Item ID

94906

Item Title

Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales

Summary

2.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives from Natural Resources Wales.

Item ID

94908

Item Title

Storm response inquiry - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales

Summary

3.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives from Natural Resources Wales.

Item ID

94932

Item Title

Papers to note

Summary

4.1 The papers were noted.

Item ID	95110
Item Title	Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030
Summary

Item ID	95111
Item Title	Holyhead Port Storm Damage and Closure
Summary

Item ID	95113
Item Title	Bus Services (Wales) Bill
Summary

Item ID	95173
Item Title	Restoration of opencast mining sites
Summary

Item ID

94938

Item Title

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

Summary

5.1 The motion was agreed.

Item ID

94901

Item Title

Consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

Summary

6.1 Members considered the evidence heard under items 2 and 3.

Item ID

94922

Item Title

Consideration of draft report on the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)

Summary

7.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its draft report.

Item ID

94944

Item Title

Consideration of draft report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Data (Use and Access) Bill

Summary

8.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its draft report subject to a few minor amendments.

Item ID

94942

Item Title

Forward work programme

Summary

9.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its Forward Work Programme.