Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 20 June 2019

Meeting time: 09.15 - 12.45
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5527

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Mike Hedges AM (Chair) Andrew RT Davies AM Llyr Gruffydd AM Jenny Rathbone AM Joyce Watson AM
Witnesses:	Alan Hunt, Natural Resources Wales Ruth Jenkins, Natural Resources Wales Ruth Chambers, Green Alliance Dr Tom West, Client Earth Rebecca Williams, Country Land and Business Association Huw Thomas, NFU Cymru Charlotte Priddy, Farmers’ Union of Wales
Committee Staff:	Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk) Katy Orford (Researcher)

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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 Neil Hamilton AM

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2 Environmental Principles and Governance post-Brexit - Evidence session 2

2.1 The Committee received evidence from Alan Hunt, Senior Brexit Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Wales; and Ruth Jenkins, Head of Natural Resources Management Policy, Natural Resources Wales.

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3 Environmental Principles and Governance post-Brexit - Evidence session 3

3.1 The Committee received evidence from Ruth Chambers, Senior Parliamentary Affairs Associate, Green Alliance; and Dr Tom West, Law and Policy Advisor, Client Earth.

3.2 Green Alliance agreed to provide the Committee with examples of organisations that manage both advice and regulatory functions.

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4 Environmental Principles and Governance post-Brexit - Evidence session 4

4.1 The Committee received evidence from Rebecca Williams, Director Wales, Country Land and Business Association Cymru; Huw Thomas, Political Adviser, National Farmers Union Cymru; and Charlotte Priddy, Policy Officer, Farmers’ Union of Wales.

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5 Paper(s) to note

5.1 The Committee noted the paper from Wales Environment Link.

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5.1 Correspondence from Wales Environment Link to the Chair - follow up from meeting on 6 June 2019

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6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public from item 7 of today's meeting

7.1 The Committee resolved to exclude the public from items 7 of today’s meeting.

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7 Environmental Principles and Governance post-Brexit - Consideration of evidence received under items 2,3 and 4

7.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received under items 2,3 and 4.

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