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Environment and Sustainability Committee |
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Committee Room 3 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Thursday, 25 September 2014 |
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Meeting time: |
09.30 - 14.55 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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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 |
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Witnesses: |
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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 |
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Committee Staff: |
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Catherine Hunt (Second Clerk) Peter Hill (Deputy Clerk) Andrew Minnis (Researcher) Gwyn Griffiths (Legal Advisor) |
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Transcript
View the meeting transcript.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
8 The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence
8.1 This item was deferred for discussion at a future meeting.