Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.25
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5511

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Mike Hedges AM (Chair) Andrew RT Davies AM Llyr Gruffydd AM Neil Hamilton AM Jenny Rathbone AM Joyce Watson AM
Witnesses:	Lesley Griffiths AM, Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs Simon Jones, Welsh Government Jonathan Oates, Welsh Government Lucy Corfield, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk) Chloe Corbyn (Researcher) Elfyn Henderson (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

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2 Ministerial Scrutiny Session - Climate Change

2.1 The Minister responded to questions from Members.

2.2 The Chair requested that the Minister respond in writing to scrutiny questions that were not asked during this session due to time constraints.

2.3 The Chair requested that more time be allocated to scrutiny sessions with the Minister in the future.

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3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public from items 4, 5, 6 and 7 of today's meeting

3.1 The Committee resolved to exclude the public from items 4,5,6 and 7 from today’s meeting.

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4 Forward Work Programme - Consideration of approach to scrutiny of Wild Animals and Circuses (Wales) Bill

4.1 The Committee considered and agreed the approach to scrutiny of the Wild Animals and Circuses (Wales) Bill.

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5 National Development Framework - update on planning and approach to consideration of the Framework

5.1 The Committee considered the National Development Framework and agreed to give it further consideration in the autumn term.

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6 Consideration of pre-appointment Hearing for new Chair, Natural Resources Wales

6.1 The Committee agreed to conduct a pre-appointment hearing with the new Chair of Natural Resources Wales in the autumn term.

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7 Update on Committee event at Royal Welsh Show

7.1 Members received an update on the Committee’s event at the Royal Welsh Show.

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