Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.00
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3949

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Mark Reckless AM (Chair) Jayne Bryant AM Siân Gwenllian AM Vikki Howells AM Huw Irranca-Davies AM David Melding AM Jenny Rathbone AM Simon Thomas AM
Witnesses:	Rhiannon Evans, League Against Cruel Sports Jordi Casamitjana, League Against Cruel Sports Simon Wild, National Anti Snaring Campaign Rachel Evans, Countryside Alliance Glynn Evans, British Association for Shooting and Conservation Mike Swann, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
Committee Staff:	Alun Davidson (Clerk) Martha Da Gama Howells (Second Clerk) Rhys Morgan (Deputy Clerk)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Apologies were received from Siân Gwenllian AM.

Huw Irranca-Davies AM declared that he is an Associate Member of the British Veterinary Association.

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2 Animal Welfare: use of snares in Wales

Members heard evidence on the use of snares from the League Against Cruel Sports and the Anti-snaring Campaign

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3 Animal Welfare: use of snares in Wales

Members heard evidence from the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, the British Association of Shooting and Conservation and the Countryside Alliance on the use of snares in Wales.

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4 Paper(s) to note

Members noted the papers.

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4.1 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs regarding the use of snares

Members noted the letter.

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4.2 Letter from Natural Resources Wales with additional information following the scrutiny session 2 November

Members noted the letter.

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5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of the meeting

The motion was passed.

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6 Animal Welfare: use of snares in Wales consideration of evidence

Members discussed the evidence heard during the session.

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7 Draft Letter to Natural Resources Wales

Members agreed the letter.

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