Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 29 January 2026

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15711

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:	Mark Barry, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University Vernon Everitt, Transport for Wales James Price, Transport for Wales Heather Clash, Transport for Wales
Committee Staff:	Manon George (Clerk) Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk) Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk) Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser) Andrew Minnis (Researcher)

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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 UK Government rail policy and rail reform - evidence session with Professor Mark Barry

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from Mark Barry, Professor of Practice in Connectivity, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University.

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3 Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales

3.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives from Transport for Wales.

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4 Papers to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6 Consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

6.1 Members considered the evidence heard under items 2 and 3.

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4.1 Renewable energy generation in Wales

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4.2 Inter-institutional Relations Agreement

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4.3 Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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4.4 Holyhead Port Storm Damage and Closure

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7 Consideration of draft report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill

7.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its draft report.

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