Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 14 January 2026

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Manon George

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 Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales

(09.30-11.00) (Pages 1 - 187)

Ceri Davies, Interim Chief Executive Officer - Natural Resources Wales

Neil Sachdev, Chair - Natural Resources Wales

Rachael Cunningham, Executive Director for Finance and Corporate Services - Natural Resources Wales

Natural Resources Wales Annual Report and Accounts 2024-2025 (PDF 2.8MB)

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Paper - Natural Resources Wales
Paper - Natural Resources Wales Annual Report and Accounts 2024-2025

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3 Papers to note (11.00)

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3.1 Dŵr Cymru’s Trawsnewid Programme

(Pages 188 - 197)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Chief Executive of Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water in relation to Dŵr Cymru’s Trawsnewid Programme and other matters
Response from the Chief Executive of Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water to the Chair in relation to Dŵr Cymru’s Trawsnewid Programme and other matters

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3.2 Scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales

(Pages 198 - 207)

Attached Documents:
Response from Natural Resources Wales to the Chair in relation to the Committee's report: Natural Resources Wales - Annual scrutiny 2024-25

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3.3 Scrutiny of Transport for Wales

(Pages 208 - 213)

Attached Documents:
Follow up letter from the Chair of Transport for Wales to the Chair in relation to Transport for Wales' approach to aspects of bus franchising

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3.4 Petition P-06-1521: Give park home residents in Wales the right to a water meter

(Pages 214 - 215)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of Petitions Committee to the Chair in relation to Petition P-06-1521: Give park home residents in Wales the right to a water meter

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3.5 Petition P-06-1541 Produce a Clean Water Bill for Wales and for Welsh Rivers

(Pages 216 - 217)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee to the Chair in relation to: Petition P-06-1541 Produce a Clean Water Bill for Wales and for Welsh Rivers

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3.6 Petition P-06-1552 Stop building industrial solar ‘farms’ close to residential buildings and within village boundaries

(Page 218)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee to the Chair in relation to: Petition P-06-1552 Stop building industrial solar ‘farms’ close to residential buildings and within village boundaries

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3.7 Petition P-06-1553 Increase investment and action in nature-based flood management to protect Welsh communities

(Pages 219 - 220)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee to the Chair in relation to: Petition P-06-1553 Increase investment and action in nature-based flood management to protect Welsh communities

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3.8 Deposit return scheme

(Page 221)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Matthew Kay to the Chair in relation to the Welsh Deposit Return Scheme

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3.9 Renewable energy development figures

(Pages 222 - 227)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Matthew Davies to the Chair in relation to renewable energy development figures

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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

(11.00)

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Private meeting (11.00-11.45)

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5 Consideration of evidence received under item 2

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6 Consideration of draft report on the Legislative Consent Memoranda for the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill

(Pages 228 - 233)

Attached Documents:
Draft report on the Legislative Consent Memoranda for the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill

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