Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee room 3 Senedd and video

Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Meeting time: 09. - 12.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15532


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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

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

Nilesh Sachdev, Welsh Government’s preferred candidate for Chair of Natural Resources Wales

Naomi Matthiessen, Welsh Government

Eifiona Williams, Welsh Government

Matt Edwards, Welsh Government

Joel Scoberg-Evans, Welsh Government

Karen Stothard, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Richard Thomas (Clerk)

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.
1.2 Apologies were received from Carolyn Thomas MS.

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2       Chair of Natural Resources Wales - pre-appointment hearing

2.1 The Committee conducted a pre-appointment hearing with Nilesh Sachdev, the Welsh Government preferred candidate for the position of Chair, Natural Resources Wales.

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3       Papers to note

3.1 The papers were noted.

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3.1   Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

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

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3.3   Scrutiny of Transport for Wales

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3.4   Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)

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3.5   The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2025

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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

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5       Stage 1 scrutiny of the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill - Technical briefing

5.1 The Committee received evidence from Welsh Government officials.

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6       Consideration of evidence received under item 2

6.1 Members considered the evidence heard under item 2.

6.2 Members agreed to consider and agree the draft report outside of Committee.

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7       Consideration of draft report on the UK-EU implementation review of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement

7.1 Members agreed the draft report.

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