Environment and Sustainability Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Thursday, 25 September 2014

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09.30 - 14.55

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/Meeting/Archive/650d7f3f-8945-40f8-b35d-374403acef92?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

Amelia John, Welsh Government

Andrew Charles, Welsh Government

Sioned Rees, Welsh Government

Louise Gibson, Lawyer, Welsh Government

Owain Morgan, Welsh Government

Ceri Davies, Natural Resources Wales

Clive Thomas, Natural Resources Wales

Peter Davies, Commissioner for Sustainable Futures

David Fitzpatrick, Sustain Wales

Professor Robert Lee, Cardiff University

Haydn Davies, UK Environmental Law Association

Victoria Jenkins, UK Environmental Law Association

Dr Calvin Jones, Cardiff Business School

Professor Susan Baker, Cardiff University

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Catherine Hunt (Second Clerk)

Peter Hill (Deputy Clerk)

Andrew Minnis (Researcher)

Gwyn Griffiths (Legal Advisor)

 

 

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

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1    Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. He noted that Jeff Cuthbert and Jenny Rathbone had been formally elected as Members of the committee, and welcomed them to their first meeting. 

 

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2    The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Bill - Stage 1: Evidence session 1

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

 

2.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Minister with the questions that Members had been unable to ask during the session.

 

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3    The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Bill - Stage 1: Evidence session 2

3.1 Witnesses responded to questions from Members of the Committee.

 

3.2 Ceri Davies agreed to provide the Committee with the figures submitted to the Welsh Government to inform the Regulatory Impact Assessment on the Bill.

 

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

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 4

5.1 Witnesses responded to questions from Members of the Committee.

 

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

6.1 Witnesses responded to questions from Members of the Committee.

 

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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    The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

8.1 This item was deferred for discussion at a future meeting.

 

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