Environment and Sustainability Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Wednesday, 3 December 2014

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09. 15 - 12.15

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/2498

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Alun Ffred Jones AM (Chair)

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:

 

Emyr Roberts, Natural Resources Wales

Dr Sarah Wood, Natural Resources Wales

Rhian Jardine, Natural Resources Wales

Dr Roisin Willmott, National Director, Royal Town Planning Institute Cymru

Lyn Powell, Wales Planning Consultants Forum

Mark Roberts, Wales Planning Consultants Forum

Morag Ellis QC

Huw Williams, Geldards

Tim Morgan, Law Society

Victoria Jenkins, UK Environmental Law Association

Haydn Davies, UK Environmental Law Association

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Alun Davidson (Clerk)

Catherine Hunt (Second Clerk)

Adam Vaughan (Deputy Clerk)

Peter Hill (Deputy Clerk)

Hasera Khan (Official)

Gwyn Griffiths (Legal Adviser)

Lisa Salkeld (Legal Adviser)

Graham Winter (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. There were no substitutions.

 

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2    Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from item 3

2.1 Members of the Committee agreed the motion.

 

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3    The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Amendment) Order 2015: Consideration of draft report

3.1 Members of the Committee considered the draft report.

 

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4    Planning (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence session 6

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

 

4.2 Emyr Roberts agreed to provide the Committee with further information on the three trials in relation to area-based natural resources plans.

 

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5    Planning (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence session 7

5.1 Witnesses responded to questions from the Members of the Committee.

 

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6    Planning (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence session 8

6.1 Witnesses responded to questions from the Members of the Committee.

 

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7    Papers to note </AI8><AI9>

The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Bill: Correspondence from the Auditor General for Wales

7.1  Members of the Committee noted the correspondence.</AI9><AI10>

 

Inquiry into the public forestry estate in Wales: Correspondence from Natural Resources Wales

7.2  Members of the Committee noted the correspondence.</AI10><AI11>

 

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2015-16: Correspondence from the Minister for Natural Resources and the Deputy Minister for Farming and Food

7.3  Members of the Committee noted the correspondence.</AI11><AI12>

 

Inquiry into Poverty in Wales: Correspondence from the Chair of the Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee

7.4  Members of the Committee noted the correspondence.</AI12><AI13>

 

Animal welfare: Correspondence from Monima O'Connor

7.5  Members of the Committee noted the correspondence.</AI13><AI14>

 

Animal welfare: Correspondence from Shechita UK

7.6  Members of the Committee noted the correspondence.</AI14><AI15>

 

Animal welfare: Correspondence from the Countryside Alliance

7.7 Members of the Committee noted the correspondence.

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