Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 3 Senedd and video

Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 26 June 2025

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Marc Wyn Jones

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 Stage 1 scrutiny of the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

(09.30-11.00) (Pages 1 - 28)

Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

Naomi Matthiessen, Bill Senior Responsible Owner and Policy lead for Governance and Principles, Deputy Director, Landscapes, Nature and Forestry Division - Welsh Government

Alice Teague, Deputy Director, Marine and Biodiversity Division, Policy lead for Biodiversity - Welsh Government

Dorian Brunt, Lead Lawyer, Legal Services, Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill Lead Lawyer - Welsh Government

Joel Scoberg-Evans, Lawyer, Legal Services, Lead Lawyer for the Biodiversity provisions - Welsh Government

Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill – Bill Summary (PDF 1.05MB)

Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill, as introduced (PDF 413KB)

Explanatory Memorandum (incorporating the Regulatory Impact Assessment) (PDF 2.2MB)

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill

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3 Papers to note (11.00)

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3.1 Bus Services (Wales) Bill

(Pages 29 - 47)

Attached Documents:
Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales to the Chair in relation to the Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bus Services (Wales) Bill

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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 and from the meeting on 2 July

(11.00)

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Private meeting (11.00-11.30)

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5 Consideration of evidence received under item 2

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6 Consideration of draft report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

(Page 48)

Attached Documents:
Draft report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

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