Meeting Venue:
Committee room 4
Tŷ Hywel
and video
Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Thursday, 5 March 2026
Meeting time: 09.28 - 12.49
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15770
Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Members of the Senedd:
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Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)
Janet Finch-Saunders MS
Delyth Jewell MS
Julie Morgan MS
Carolyn Thomas MS
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Witnesses:
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Rebecca Evans MS, Cabinet Secretary for
Economy, Energy and Planning
Neil Hemington, Welsh Government
Edward Sherriff, Welsh Government
Roch Cheroux, Dŵr Cymru - Welsh Water
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Committee Staff:
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Manon George (Clerk)
Lukas Evans Santos (Clerk)
Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)
Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser)
Francesca Howorth (Researcher)
Lorna Scurlock (Researcher)
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1
Introductions, apologies, substitutions,
and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the
meeting.
1.2 Apologies were received from Joyce Watson
MS.
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2
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary
for Economy, Energy and Planning
2.1 The Committee received evidence from the
Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and
officials.
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3
Evidence session with Dwr Cymru Welsh
Water
3.1 The Committee received evidence from
Dŵr
Cymru Welsh Water.
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4
Papers to note
4.1 The papers were noted.
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4.1
Scrutiny of Natural Resources
Wales
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4.2
Restoration of opencast mining
sites
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4.3
Legislative Consent: Railways
Bill
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4.4
The Deposit Return Scheme
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4.5
Annual scrutiny of the National
Infrastructure Commission for Wales
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4.6
The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement
Scheme: Plant Health) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
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4.7
Challenges and opportunities for Welsh
public services
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4.8
Legislative Consent: Cyber Security and
Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill
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4.9
General scrutiny of the Deputy First
Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural
Affairs
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5
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) 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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<AI16>
7
Consideration of key issues: Legacy
report
7.1 The Committee considered the key issues
paper and agreed conclusions and recommendations.
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