Agenda - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Meeting time: 13.30
For further information contact:

Marc Wyn Jones

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddCCERA@senedd.wales

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PRIVATE Pre-meeting (13:30-13:45)

 

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In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, the Chair has determined that the public are excluded from the Committee's meeting in order to protect public health. This meeting will be broadcast live on www.senedd.tv.

 

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PUBLIC 13:45 - 15:30

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

                                                                                                                          

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2       COVID-19: Scrutiny session with the Welsh Government

(13:45 - 14:30)                                                                           (Pages 1 - 24)

Lesley Griffiths MS, Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs

Gian Marco Currado, Director, Environment and Marine

Christianne Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer

John Howells, Director, Climate Change, Energy and Planning

Dean Medcraft, Director, Finance and Operations

Tim Render, Director, Land, Nature & Food

 

 

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Welsh Government response to the Chair's letter following the Ministerial scrutiny session on 9 July 2020

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BREAK (14:30-14:45)

 

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3       COVID-19: Continuation of scrutiny session with the Welsh Government

(14:45 - 15:30)                                                                                                

Lesley Griffiths MS, Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs

Gian Marco Currado, Director, Environment and Marine

Christianne Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer

John Howells, Director, Climate Change, Energy and Planning

Dean Medcraft, Director, Finance and Operations

Tim Render, Director, Land, Nature & Food

 

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4       Paper(s) to note

                                                                                                                          

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4.1   Correspondence from the Chair to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs following the scrutiny session at the Committee's meeting on 9 July 2020

                                                                                                 (Pages 25 - 28)

Attached Documents:
Letter

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4.2   Correspondence from Natural Resources Wales following evidence session at the Committee's meeting of 9 July 2020

                                                                                                 (Pages 29 - 32)

Attached Documents:
Letter

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4.3   Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - Informed purchasing and Animal Welfare (Dog Breeding) (Wales) Regulations 2014.

                                                                                                 (Pages 33 - 35)

Attached Documents:
Letter

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4.4   Welsh Government response to letter from the Chair relating to the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum for the UK Fisheries Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 36 - 44)

Attached Documents:
Letter

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4.5   Welsh Government response to the Committee's report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the UK Environment Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 45 - 54)

Attached Documents:
Response

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4.6   Welsh Government response to the Committee's report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Agriculture Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 55 - 70)

Attached Documents:
Response

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4.7   Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs on the Basic payment scheme and rural support legislative framework from 2021

                                                                                                 (Pages 71 - 72)

Attached Documents:
Letter

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4.8   Correspondence between the Chair Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee and the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs on the Agriculture Wages (Wales) Order 2020

                                                                                                 (Pages 73 - 77)

Attached Documents:
Letters

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4.9   Correspondence between the Chair and the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs on the UK Emissions Trading Scheme

                                                                                                 (Pages 78 - 84)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister
Letter from the Chair

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4.10Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to the Chair Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee on the UK Emissions Trading Scheme

                                                                                                 (Pages 85 - 90)

Attached Documents:
Letter and summary document

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4.11Correspondence from the Chair, Finance Committee on the Welsh Government's draft budget 2021 -22

                                                                                                 (Pages 91 - 93)

Attached Documents:
Letter

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4.12Correspondence from David Hughes in relation to gene editing

                                                                                                 (Pages 94 - 95)

Attached Documents:
Invitation

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and from the meeting on 24 September 2020

                                                                                                                          

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PRIVATE 15:30 - 16:00

 

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6       COVID-19: Consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

                                                                                                                          

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7       Consideration of the Committee's draft report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum in relation to the UK Fisheries Bill

                                                                                               (Pages 96 - 113)

Attached Documents:
Draft report
Legal note

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8       Consideration of the Committee's draft Forward Work Programme

                                                                                             (Pages 114 - 118)

Attached Documents:
Paper

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