Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Meeting time: 11.30 - 13.00
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3951

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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:	Christianne Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer, Welsh Government Lesley Griffiths AM, Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs Martin Williams, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Martha Da Gama Howells (Second Clerk) Rhys Morgan (Deputy Clerk) Wendy Dodds (Researcher) Sean Evans (Researcher) Elfyn Henderson (Researcher) Katy Orford (Researcher)

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Transcript

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1 Forward Work Programme

Memebers agreed the Committee Forward Work Programme for Spring Term 2017.

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2 Inquiry into the Future of Agricultural and Rural Development Policies in Wales - discussion of written evidence

Members discussed the summary of the written responses to the inquiry.

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3 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

There were no apologies.

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4 Bovine Tuberculosis - scrutiny of the Welsh Government

Members heard evidence on the Welsh Government’s approach to eradicating bovine tuberculosis in Wales.

The Cabinet Secretary agreed to provide further information on Welsh Government spending on the Bovine TB eradication programme.

The Cabinet Secretary agreed to answer further questions in writing on the use of snares in Wales and provide the Committee with the note of the stakeholder workshop held on 16 November.

The Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales agreed to provide the Committee with further information on the analysis of the evidence with regards to the spread of bovine TB as a result of perturbation of wildlife.  She also agreed to update the Committee on the issue of the two kilometre buffer zone around cull sites in England.

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5 Paper(s) to note

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5.1 Further information from the League Against Cruel Sports

Members noted the papers.

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6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

The motion was agreed.

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7 Bovine Tuberculosis in Wales - consideration of evidence

The Committee considered the evidence received.

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