Environment and Sustainability Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Thursday, 23 January 2014

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09:30 - 14:35

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
 http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_700000_23_01_2014&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Chair)

Russell George

Llyr Gruffydd

Mike Hedges

Julie James

Julie Morgan

William Powell

Antoinette Sandbach

Joyce Watson

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Alun Davies, Minister for Natural Resources and Food

Andrew Slade, Welsh Government

Terri Thomas, Welsh Government

Prys Davies, Welsh Government

Mike Harvey, Maelor Forest Nurseries Ltd

Kath McNulty, Confor

Tim Jones, Natural Resources Wales

Jerry Langford, Coed Cadw Woodland Trust

George McRobbie, UPM Tillhill

Jeremy Parr, Natural Resources Wales

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Alun Davidson (Clerk)

Catherine Hunt (Deputy Clerk)

Nia Seaton (Researcher)

Elfyn Henderson (Researcher)

 

 

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

 

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1    Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 Apologies were received from Mick Antoniw.  Mike Hedges attended as a substitute.

 

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2    Reforms to the Common Agriculture Policy - Evidence from the Minister for Natural Resources and Food

2.1 The Minister responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 

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3    Response to recent flooding and storm damage - Evidence from the Minister for Natural Resources and Food

3.1 The Minister responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 

3.2 The Minister agreed to provide details on the re-prioritisation of projects which enabled £2m to be available in this financial year and to update the Committee when he had assessed whether an appeal for European assistance should be made.

 

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4    Sustainable Land Management : Evidence from the Forestry Industry

4.1 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 

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5    Response to recent flooding and storm damage - Evidence from Natural Resources Wales

5.1 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 

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Correspondence from Natural Resources Wales following 12 December meeting

6.1 The Committee noted the letter.

 

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7    Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for item 8

7.1 The Committee agreed the Motion.

 

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8    Ways of working

8.1 The Committee discussed its ways of working.

 

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