DRAFT MINUTES

DRAFT MINUTES

Meeting ID	15332
Committee	Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Date	07/05/2025
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 (Deputy Clerk) Mahima Khan (Monitor) Richard Thomas (Monitor) Rhayna Mann (Monitor) Llyr Wilson-Price (Monitor) Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser) Sam Mason (Legal Adviser) Matthew Richards (Monitor) Andrew Minnis (Researcher) Chloe Corbyn (Monitor) Armandine Debus (Monitor) Elfyn Henderson (Monitor) Francesca Howorth (Monitor) Katy Orford (Monitor) Kathryn Potter (Monitor) Lorna Scurlock (Monitor) Ben Stokes (Monitor) Matthew Sutton (Monitor) Robin Wilkinson (Monitor) Masudah Ali (Legal Adviser) 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) Ken Skates MS (Cabinet Secretary) Alex Walters (Witness) Hannah Dudley (Witness) Catrin Dellar (Witness)

Item ID	96378
Item Title	Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Summary	1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting. 1.2 Apologies were received from Janet Finch-Saunders MS.

Item ID	96379
Item Title	Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bus Services (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Summary	2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales and his officials.

Item ID	96380
Item Title	Papers to note
Summary	3.1 The papers were noted.

Item ID	96395
Item Title	Bus Services (Wales) Bill
Summary

Item ID	96396
Item Title	Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030
Summary

Item ID	96397
Item Title	Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement
Summary

Item ID	96398
Item Title	Scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Summary

Item ID	96399
Item Title	Independent Commission for Water - Call for Evidence
Summary

Item ID	96400
Item Title	Storm response inquiry
Summary

Item ID	96401
Item Title	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26
Summary

Item ID	96759
Item Title	Restoration of opencast mining sites
Summary

Item ID	96760
Item Title	Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill
Summary

Item ID	96761
Item Title	Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Summary

Item ID	96791
Item Title	The Advertising Standards Authority
Summary

Item ID	96796
Item Title	Legislative Consent: Data (Use and Access) Bill
Summary

Item ID	96387
Item Title	Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and from the start of the meeting on 15 May 2025
Summary	4.1 The motion was agreed.

Item ID	96389
Item Title	Consideration of evidence received under item 2
Summary	5.1 Members considered the evidence heard under item 2.

Item ID	96757
Item Title	Consideration of the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Summary	6.1 The Committee considered the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

Item ID	96758
Item Title	Consideration of draft report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Bus Services (No. 2) Bill
Summary	7.1 The Committee considered and agreed its draft report.

Item ID	96794
Item Title	Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Order of consideration at Stage 2
Summary	8.1 The Committee agreed the Order of Consideration.