Environment and Sustainability Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Wednesday, 1 October 2014

 

 

 

Meeting time:

08.50 - 12.30

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/Meeting/Archive/88427df1-ef4c-462d-8eb0-098cfe50c2fe?autostart=True

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Alun Ffred Jones AM (Chair)

Mick Antoniw AM

Jeff Cuthbert AM

Russell George AM

Llyr Gruffydd AM

Julie Morgan AM

William Powell AM

Jenny Rathbone AM

Antoinette Sandbach AM

Joyce Watson AM

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Carl Sargeant AM, The Minister for Natural Resources

Jasper Roberts, Welsh Government

Russell Owens, Welsh Government

Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales, Wales Audit Office

Michael Palmer, Wales Audit Office

Martin Peters, Wales Audit Office

Mike Usher, Wales Audit Office

Anne Meikle, WWF Cymru

Haf Elgar, Friends of the Earth

James Byrne, Wildlife Trusts Wales

Abbie Self, Office for National Statistics

Glenn Everett, Office for National Statistics

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Alun Davidson (Clerk)

Catherine Hunt (Second Clerk)

Adam Vaughan (Deputy Clerk)

Peter Hill (Deputy Clerk)

Gwyn Griffiths (Legal Advisor)

Andrew Minnis (Researcher)

 

 

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

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1    Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 There were no apologies.

 

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2    Inquiry into recycling in Wales: Evidence from the Minister for Natural Resources

2.1 The Minister agreed to seek to provide the Committee with further detail on the cost to local authorities of recycling

 

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3    The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Bill - Stage 1: Evidence Session 6

3.1 Witnesses responded to questions from Members of the Committee

 

3.2 The Auditor General for Wales agreed to provide further information on

 

·         The views of his leading counsel with regards to his current statutory obligation in relation to the Bill in its current form; and

·         An example of a similar provision in existing legislation in relation to placing a specific duty for review on the Auditor General for Wales.

 

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4    The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Bill - Stage 1: Evidence Session 7

4.1 Witnesses responded to questions from Members of the Committee

 

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5    The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Bill - Stage 1: Evidence Session 8

5.1 Witnesses responded to questions from Members of the Committee

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