Environment and Sustainability Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Thursday, 7 March 2013

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09:30 - 15:05

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_800000_07_03_2013&t=0&l=en

http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_500000_07_03_2013&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Chair)

Mick Antoniw

Keith Davies

Russell George

Vaughan Gething

Llyr Huws Gruffydd

William Powell

David Rees

Antoinette Sandbach

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Prof Kevin Anderson, The Tyndall Centre

Tony Bosworth, Friends of the Earth

Dr John Broderick, The Tyndall Centre

Gareth Clubb, Friends of the Earth Cymru

Dr Shaun Lavis, Clean Coal Limited

Naomi Ludhe-Thompson, Friends of the Earth

Professor Peter Matthews, Natural Resources Wales

Dr Emyr Roberts, Natural Resources Wales

Gerwyn Williams, UK Onshore Gas Limited

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Alun Davidson (Clerk)

Catherine Hunt (Deputy Clerk)

Graham Winter (Researcher)

 

 

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

 

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1.  Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 Apologies were received from Julie James.  There were no apologies.

 

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2.  Shale gas and gasification - Evidence from UK Onshore Gas Limited

2.1 Gerwyn Williams responded to questions from members of the Committee and agreed to provide additional information as requested.

 

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3.  Shale gas and gasification - Evidence from  UCG Association and Clean Coal Limited

3.1 Shaun Lavis responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 

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4.  Natural Resources Wales

4.1 Peter Matthews and Emyr Roberts responded to questions from members of the Committee and agreed to provide additional information as requested.

 

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5.  Shale gas and gasification - Evidence from the Tyndall Centre

5.1 The Committee contravened Standing Order 17.45 as technological problems with translation prevented participation in Welsh during the video conference session.

 

5.2 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 

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6.  Shale gas and gasification - Evidence from Friends of the Earth

6.1 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee and agreed to provide additional information as requested.

 

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7.  Papers to note

7.1 The Committee noted the minutes of the meeting held on 21 February.

 

 

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