Environment and Sustainability Committee

Meeting Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd
Meeting date: Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Meeting time: 09.00
For further information please contact:
Alun Davidson Committee Clerk 0300 200 6565 SeneddEnv@Assembly.Wales

Agenda

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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

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2 Environment (Wales) Bill - Stage 1: Evidence session 1 (09:00 - 11:00) (Pages 1 - 45)

Carl Sargeant AM, Minister for Natural Resources, Member in charge

Rhodri Asby, Head of Climate Change & Natural Resource Policy

Andy Fraser, Head of Natural Resource Management Programme

Jasper Roberts, Deputy Director - Waste & Resource Efficiency Division

Helena Bird, Head of Local Environment Quality and Grants Management

Prys Davies, Deputy Director: Energy, Water and Flood Division

Graham Rees, Deputy Director, Marine and Fisheries

John Guess, Senior Lawyer

Environment (Wales) Bill

Explanatory Memorandum

E&S(4)-19-15 Paper 1

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Break (11:00 - 11:10)

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3 Environment (Wales) Bill - Stage 1: Evidence session 2 (11:10 - 12:00) (Pages 46 - 76)

Natural Resources Wales

Emyr Roberts, Chief Executive

Ceri Davies, Executive Director for Knowledge, Strategy and Planning

Sarah Williams, Principal Advisor - Natural Resources & Ecosystems Programme

E&S(4)-19-15 Paper 2

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4 Environment (Wales) Bill - Stage 1: Evidence session 3  (Pages 77 - 87)

UK Environmental Law Association

Professor Robert Lee, Joint Convenor, UKELA Wales Working Party

Dr Haydn Davies, Joint Convenor, UKELA Wales Working Party

Dr Victoria Jenkins, Member, UKELA Wales Working Party

E&S(4)-19-15 Paper 3

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5 Papers to note

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Environment (Wales) Bill: Consultation Responses 

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Reply to the Chair from the Minister for Natural Resources regarding the appointments process for the Chair of Natural Resources Wales  (Page 88)

E&S(4)-19-15 Paper 4

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Letter from the Minister for Natural Resources to the Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee regarding the Environment (Wales) Bill  (Pages 89 - 93)

E&S(4)-19-15 Paper 5

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Letter to the Chair from Gary Ashton, Director of BASC regarding the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS)  (Page 94)

E&S(4)-19-15 Paper 6

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