Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video

Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 4 June 2025

Meeting time: 09.15
For further information contact:

Marc Wyn Jones

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddClimate@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting (09.00-09.15)

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Public meeting (09.15-13.00)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.15)

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2 Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Stage 2 Proceedings

(09.15-13.00)

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

Chris Jones, Deputy Director, Mining Legacy and Reservoir Safety - Welsh Government

Madeline Rees, Lawyer - Welsh Government

Documents relevant to Stage 2 proceedings will be available on the Bill page.

The Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee agreed on 7 May 2025, under Standing Order 26.21, that the order of consideration for Stage 2 proceedings would be:

Section 1; Schedule 1; Sections 2-48; Schedule 2; Section 49; Schedule 3; Sections 50-88; Long Title.

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3 Papers to note (13.00)

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3.1 Pre-appointment hearing: Chair of Natural Resources Wales

(Pages 1 - 2)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to Candidate in relation to the pre-appointment hearing of Chair of Natural Resources Wales

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3.2 Cardiff Airport

(Pages 3 - 5)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales in relation to subsidy support to Cardiff Airport

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3.3 Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

(Page 6)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee in relation to the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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3.4 Legislative Consent: Planning and Infrastructure Bill

(Pages 7 - 30)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Wildlife Trusts Wales to the Chair in relation to the Legislative Consent Motion for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Letter from RSPB Cymru to the Chair in relation to the Legislative Consent Motion for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Letter from Wales Environment Link to the Chair in relation to the Legislative Consent Motion for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning to the Chair in relation to the Legislative Consent Motion for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

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3.5 The Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill

(Page 31)

Attached Documents:
Response from the Chair to the Llywydd and Chair of the Business Committee, in relation to the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) 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

(13.00)

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Private meeting (13.00)

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5 The Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill - Consideration of scope and approach to Stage 1 scrutiny

(Pages 32 - 36)

Attached Documents:
Paper - Approach to scrutiny of the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill

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6 Chair of Natural Resources Wales - consideration of approach to pre-appointment hearing

(Pages 37 - 43)

Attached Documents:
Briefing note - consideration of approach to pre-appointment hearing of Chair of Natural Resources Wales

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