Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 3 Senedd and video

Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 30 January 2025

Meeting time: 09.15 - 14.25
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15217

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)

Janet Finch-Saunders MS

Delyth Jewell MS

Julie Morgan MS

Carolyn Thomas MS

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

Professor Alison Young, Cambridge University

Dominic Driver, Natural Resources Wales

Carl Banton, The Coal Authority

Rick Brunt, Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Andrew Morgan, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Stephen Williams, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Jacqueline Mynott, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Kevin Kinsey, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Mahima Khan (Deputy Clerk)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

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

2.1 The Committee received evidence from witnesses.

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

3.1 The Committee received evidence from witnesses.

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4       Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities

4.1 The Committee received evidence from witnesses.

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5       Papers to note

5.1 The papers were noted.

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5.1   Ministerial scrutiny sessions

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5.2   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26

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5.3   Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill

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5.4   Review of the Public Bill and Member Bill processes

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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

6.1 The motion was agreed.

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

7.1 Members considered the evidence heard under items 2, 3 and 4.

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8       Consideration of draft report on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26

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

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9       Consideration of the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No.2) on the Great British Energy Bill

9.1 Members considered the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Great British Energy Bill.

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