Environment and Sustainability Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09:00 - 12:50

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_400000_16_10_2013&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Chair)

Mick Antoniw

Russell George

Llyr Gruffydd

Julie Morgan

William Powell

Antoinette Sandbach

Joyce Watson

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Jeff Cuthbert, Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty

Alun Davies, Minister for Natural Resources and Food

Jane Hutt, Minister for Finance

Andrew Charles, Welsh Government

Christianne Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer, Welsh Government

Julia Hill, Welsh Government

Fiona Leadbitter, Welsh Government

Jo Salway, Welsh Government

Andrew Slade, Welsh Government

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Alun Davidson (Clerk)

Naomi Stocks (Second Clerk)

Catherine Hunt (Deputy Clerk)

Gwyn Griffiths (Legal Advisor)

Nia Seaton (Researcher)

Chloe Corbyn (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 substitutions.

 

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2    Draft budget 2014-2015 : Scrutiny of the Minister for Natural Resources and Food

2.1 The Minister for Natural Resources and Food and officials responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 

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3    Draft budget 2014-2015 : Scrutiny of the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty

3.1 The Minister Communities and Tackling Poverty and the Minister for Finance responded to questions from members of the Committee on mainstreaming sustainable development in the budget process.

 

3.2 The Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty agreed to provide specific figures to demonstrate how the draft budget had been amended as a result of considering sustainable development impact on programmes.

 

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4    The Control of Horses (Wales) Bill : Evidence from the Minister for Natural Resources and Food

4.1 The Minister for Natural Resources and Food and officials responded to questions from members of the Committee.

 

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5    Papers to note

5.1  The Committee noted the minutes.</AI6><AI7>

 

Draft Budget 2014-2015 - Paper from the Minister for Culture and Sport

5.2  The Committee noted the paper.</AI7><AI8>

 

Draft Budget 2014-2015 - Paper from the Minister for Housing and Regeneration

5.3 The Committee noted the paper.

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6    Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for item  7

6.1 The Committee agreed the Motion.

 

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7    Consideration of evidence

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had received on the draft budget 2014 – 15 and the Control of Horses (Wales) Bill.

 

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