Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video

Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 26 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Manon George

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 (09.30-11.00)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.30)

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2 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 - Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

(09.30-11.00) (Pages 1 - 43)

Ken Skates MS, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

Peter McDonald, Director of Transport and Digital Connectivity - Welsh Government

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

Steve Vincent, Deputy Director, Economy, Energy & Transport - Welsh Government

Gareth Evans, Head of Governance, Corporate and Strategic Partnerships - Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Scrutiny of the Draft Transport Budget
Paper - Welsh Government Draft Budget scrutiny 2026-27

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3 Papers to note (11.00)

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3.1 Bus Services (Wales) Bill

(Pages 44 - 45)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales to the Chair in relation to the Bus Services (Wales) Bill – Wales Centre for Public Policy report: Success Factors for Contracting and Awarding Bus Franchising in Wales

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3.2 Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill

(Pages 46 - 75)

Attached Documents:
Response from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Chair in relation to the Committee's report: Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill - Stage 1 report

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3.3 Scrutiny of Transport for Wales

(Pages 76 - 80)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Transport for Wales to the Chair in relation to the Committee's report: Report on Transport for Wales’ performance 2024-25

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3.4 Renewable energy figures and environmental assessment processes

(Pages 81 - 83)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Jane Dodds MS to the Chair in relation to renewable energy figures and environmental assessment processes

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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

(11.00)

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Private meeting (11.00-11.45)

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5 Consideration of evidence received under item 2

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6 Consideration of the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum No.2 on the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill

(Pages 84 - 87)

Attached Documents:
Legal note on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum No.2 on the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill

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7 Consideration of the Committee's forward work programme - Spring 2026

(Pages 88 - 93)

Attached Documents:
Forward work programme - Spring 2026

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