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
Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Members of the Senedd:
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Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)
Janet Finch-Saunders MS
Delyth Jewell MS
Julie Morgan MS
Joyce Watson MS
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Witnesses:
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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
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Committee Staff:
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Richard Thomas (Clerk)
Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)
Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)
Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk)
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<AI1>
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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.
</AI1>
<AI2>
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.
</AI2>
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3
Papers to note
3.1 The papers were noted.
</AI3>
<AI4>
3.1
Inter-Institutional Relations
Agreement
</AI4>
<AI5>
3.2
Environment (Principles, Governance and
Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill
</AI5>
<AI6>
3.3
Scrutiny of Transport for
Wales
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<AI7>
3.4
Annual scrutiny of the National
Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)
</AI7>
<AI8>
3.5
The Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2025
</AI8>
<AI9>
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.
</AI9>
<AI10>
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.
</AI10>
<AI11>
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.
</AI11>
<AI12>
7
Consideration of draft report on the
UK-EU implementation review of the Trade and Cooperation
Agreement
7.1 Members agreed the draft report.
</AI12>
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