Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 3 Senedd and video

Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 26 June 2025

Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.25
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15533

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair) Janet Finch-Saunders MS Carolyn Thomas MS Joyce Watson MS Cefin Campbell MS
Witnesses:	Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs Dorian Brunt, Welsh Government Naomi Matthiessen, Welsh Government Joel Scoberg-Evans, Welsh Government Alice Teague, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk) Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk) Gruffydd Owen (Legal Adviser) Matthew Sutton (Researcher)

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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 Delyth Jewell MS and Cefin Campbell MS substituted.

1.3 Apologies were also received from Julie Morgan MS.

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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

2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs and his officials.

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3 Papers to note

3.1 The papers were noted.

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3.1 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

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5 Consideration of evidence received under item 2

5.1 Members considered the evidence heard under item 2.

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

6.1 The Committee considered and agreed its draft report.

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