Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video

Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 19 June 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 (09.30-14.10)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.30)

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2 Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bus Services (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Transport for Wales

(09.30-10.45) (Pages 1 - 76)

Lee Robinson, Executive Director for Regional Transport and Integration, Bus Reform Lead - Transport for Wales

Richard Marwood, Bus Programme Director - Transport for Wales

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Bus Services (Wales) Bill, evidence summary and questions
Research brief - Bus Services (Wales) Bill, Background information
Research brief - Bus Services (Wales) Bill, Points of clarification
Paper - Transport for Wales

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Break (10.45-11.00)

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3 Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bus Services (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

(11.00-12.30)

Ken Skates MS, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

Alex Walters, Deputy Director, Public and Integrated Transport - Welsh Government

Hannah Dudley, Lawyer - Welsh Government

Catrin Dellar, Head of Bus Reform - Welsh Government

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Lunch break (12.30-13.10)

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4 Chair of Transport for Wales - pre-appointment hearing

(13.10-14.10) (Pages 77 - 110)

Vernon Everitt – Welsh Government’s preferred candidate for Chair of Transport for Wales

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Transport for Wales Chair pre-appointment hearing
Paper - Welsh Government (Recruitment of Chair to the Board of Transport for Wales)
Paper - Information pack for applicants
Paper - Preferred candidate (Personal statement)
Paper - Preferred candidate (CV)
Paper - Preferred candidate (Pre-appointment questionnaire)

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5 Papers to note (14.10)

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5.1 Bus Services (Wales) Bill

(Pages 111 - 124)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales to the Chair following the 7 May meeting
Letter from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales in relation to the Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bus Services (Wales) Bill

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5.2 Marine environment management

(Pages 125 - 133)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Chair in relation to the Independent Review of Marine Planning Approaches for Wales
Independent Review of Marine Planning Approaches for Wales - Summary Report

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5.3 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Transport Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee

(Pages 134 - 135)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee in relation to the Transport Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee

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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

(14.10)

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Private meeting (14.10-14.30)

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7 Consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

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8 Consideration of evidence received under item 4

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9 Consideration of the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum No.2 on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

(Pages 136 - 145)

Attached Documents:
Legal note on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum No.2 on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

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