Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 16 October 2025

Meeting time: 13.00 - 15.45
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15606

Remote

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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

Carolyn Thomas MS

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, Department for Transport

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk)

Gruffydd Owen (Legal Adviser)

Andrew Minnis (Researcher)

 

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1       Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill - Consideration of the Committee's Stage 1 draft report

1.1 Members agreed the draft report subject to a few minor amendments.

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2       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

2.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

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3       Implications of UK rail policy for Wales - Evidence session with the Minister of State at the Department for Transport

3.1 The Committee received evidence from Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE, Minister of State at the Department for Transport.

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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       Consideration of evidence received under item 3

5.1 Members considered the evidence heard under item 3.

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