Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Assembly Members:
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Mike Hedges AM (Chair)
Jayne Bryant AM
Dai Lloyd AM
Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM (In place of David
Melding AM)
Jenny Rathbone AM
Simon Thomas AM
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Witnesses:
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Diane McCrea, Natural Resources Wales
Kevin Ingram, Natural Resources Wales
Ceri Davies, Natural Resources Wales
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Committee Staff:
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Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)
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<AI1>
1
Private pre-meeting
</AI1>
<AI2>
2
Introductions, apologies, substitutions
and declarations of interest
Apologies were received from Gareth Bennett
AM, Huw Irranca-Davies AM and David Melding AM. Mohammad Asghar AM
substituted for David Melding AM.
The Chair paid tribute to Carl Sargeant AM,
who was the Cabinet Secretary responsible for taking forward the
Well-being of Future Generations Act.
He also thanked Huw Irranca-Davies for his
contribution to the work of the Committee.
</AI2>
<AI3>
3
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources
Wales
Diane McCrea, Kevin Ingram and Ceri Davies
answered questions from Members.
Diane McCrea offered to provide further
information on:
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renewable energy schemes on land owned by Natural Resources
Wales;
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the extent to which the profits from the sale of timber felled as a
result of the Phytophthora Ramorum outbreak were reinvested in
replanting; and
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an inquiry about licences for exploratory drilling related to
fracking in Wales.
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</AI3>
<AI4>
4
Budget and general scrutiny of the
Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport - Postponed
</AI4>
<AI5>
5
Paper(s) to note
Members noted the papers.
</AI5>
<AI6>
5.1
Correspondence regarding the Committee's
report, 'Turning the Tide? Report of the inquiry into the Welsh
Government approach to Marine Protected Area management' - Letter
from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural
Affairs
</AI6>
<AI7>
5.2
Correspondence regarding the Committee's
report, 'Turning the Tide? Report of the inquiry into the Welsh
Government approach to Marine Protected Area management' - response
from the Cabinet Secretary to the Chair
</AI7>
<AI8>
5.3
Correspondence regarding the Committee's
report, 'Turning the Tide? Report of the inquiry into the Welsh
Government approach to Marine Protected Area management' - Letter
from the Welsh Fisherman's Association
</AI8>
<AI9>
5.4
Correspondence regarding the Committee's
report, 'Turning the Tide? Report of the inquiry into the Welsh
Government approach to Marine Protected Area management' - response
from the Chair to the Welsh Fisherman's Association
</AI9>
<AI10>
5.5
Letter from the Chair of the Public
Accounts Committee regarding Welsh Government funding of
Carmarthenshire Energy Limited
Simon Thomas AM requested that this matter is
raised with the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural
Affairs during the Committee’s future scrutiny work.
</AI10>
<AI11>
5.6
Letter from the Chair to the Cabinet
Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs regarding the Welsh
Government's Natural Resources Policy
</AI11>
<AI12>
5.7
Slides from presentation delivered by EDF
Energy at 26 October Committee meeting
</AI12>
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