Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee room 2 Senedd and video

Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 20 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15608


Hybrid

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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:

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

Claire Bennett, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Manon George (Clerk)

Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

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2       Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 - 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 official.

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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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3.2   Reviewing Committee Effectiveness in the Sixth Senedd

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3.3   Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill

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3.4   Inter-ministerial Group on UK-EU Relations

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3.5   The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

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3.6   Sixth Senedd Legacy Report

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3.7   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27

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3.8   Inter-ministerial Group for Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change

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3.9   Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025

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3.10 Independent Intergovernmental Relations

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3.11 Monitoring financial resilience and performance related executive pay

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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 2

5.1 Members considered the evidence heard under item 2.

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6       Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill - Order of consideration at Stage 2

6.1 The Committee agreed the Order of Consideration.

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