Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Meeting time: 09.20 - 11.50
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5338


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Attendance

Category

Names

Assembly Members:

Mike Hedges AM (Chair)

Andrew RT Davies AM

John Griffiths AM

Llyr Gruffydd AM

Dai Lloyd AM

Jenny Rathbone AM

Joyce Watson AM

Witnesses:

Dr Hannah Pitt, Cardiff University

Dr Poppy Nicol, Global Gardens Project

Gary Mitchell, Social Farms and Gardens

Nicola Perkins, Social Farms and Gardens

Lynne Lewis, Llandaff North Allotment Association

Stephen Taylor, Llandaff North Allotment Association

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Elfyn Henderson (Researcher)

Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Gareth Bennett AM.

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2       Allotments: evidence session

2.1 The Committee received evidence from Dr Hannah Pitt and Dr Poppy Nicol.

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3       Allotments: evidence session with representatives of community growers

3.1 The Committee received evidence from Gary Mitchell, Nicola Perkins, Lynne Lewis and Stephen Taylor.

3.2 Gary Mitchell agreed to provide further information on allotment models for acquiring land for allotment and community growing.

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4       Papers to note

4.The Committee noted the papers under item 4.

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4.1   Correspondence from the Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee to the Chair regarding the Inter-Institutional relations agreement between the National Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Government

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4.2   Correspondence from the Chair to the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales following the annual scrutiny session on 10 January

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4.3   Correspondence from the First Minister for Wales to the Chair regarding the scrutiny of legislative consent memorandums

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4.4   Correspondence from the Chair of Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee to the Chair regarding its scrutiny of the Welsh Government's first carbon budget plan - Prosperity for All: A Low Carbon Wales

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4.5   Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs regarding the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum to the UK Agriculture Bill

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4.6   Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to the Chair regarding the Committee's report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum in relation to the UK Fisheries Bill

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public from items  6, 7 and 8 of today's meeting

5.1 The Committee resolved to exclude the public for items 6, 7 and 8 of today’s meeting.

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6       Consideration of the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Rivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill

6.1 The Committee considered the Legislative Consent Memorandum and will be reporting in due course.

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7       Approach to consideration of the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum to the UK Agriculture Bill

7.1 The Committee considered and agreed its approach to the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum to the UK Agriculture Bill.

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8       Consideration of the Welsh Government response to the Committee's report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum in relation to the UK Fisheries Bill

8.1 The Committee considered the Welsh Government’s response to its report and agreed to write to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to follow up on a number of issues.

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