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Environment and Sustainability Committee |
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Meeting Venue: |
Committee Room 3 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Thursday, 23 May 2013 |
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Meeting time: |
09:40 - 11:50 |
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This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at: |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Chair) Mick Antoniw Russell George Vaughan Gething Llyr Huws Gruffydd Julie James Julie Morgan William Powell Antoinette Sandbach |
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Witnesses: |
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Ceri Davies, Natural Resources Wales Natalie Hall, Natural Resources Wales Jennifer Ramsay, Community Energy Scotland |
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Committee Staff: |
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Alun Davidson (Clerk) Catherine Hunt (Deputy Clerk) Chloe Chadderton (Researcher) |
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Transcript
View the meeting transcript.
1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 Apologies were received from Joyce Watson. There were no substitutions.
2 Inquiry into energy policy and planning in Wales : Report follow-up - evidence from Community Energy Scotland
2.1 Jennifer Ramsay responded to questions from members of the Committee.
Action
· Jennifer Ramsay agreed to provide the Committee with details of how much of the 500MW target for community renewable energy had been installed to date.
3 Inquiry into energy policy and planning in Wales : Report follow-up - evidence from Natural Resources Wales
3.1 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee.
Actions
The witnesses agreed to provide:
- The scientific analysis behind any conclusions drawn as a consequence of the Flow and Abstraction Standards for Hydropower consultation;
- The outcome of the Environmental Risk Assessment for shale gas carried out by the former Environment Agency Wales; and
- A breakdown by sector of the calls that have been received by the newly instituted customer service centre.
4 Papers to note
4.1 The Committee noted the minutes.
Inquiry into invasive alien species - Paper from Wales Environment Link
4.2 The Committee noted the paper.