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P-04-683 Trees in Towns
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Meeting: 15/05/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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- Transcript for 15/05/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
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Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The
Committee agreed to close the petition because it is not possible to identify
how to take the petition forward in the absence of contact with the petitioner,
and in light of the work currently being undertaken by the Climate Change,
Environment and Rural Affairs Committee on the same subject as the
petition.
Meeting: 03/10/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 124 KB View as HTML (3/1) 7 KB
- 14.08.17 Correspondence –Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs to the Chair, item 3 PDF 163 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Environment
and Rural Affairs and agreed to seek the petitioner’s views on that response
and ask what more, in their view, the Committee can do to take the petition
forward.
Meeting: 11/07/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 124 KB View as HTML (3/1) 7 KB
- 21.06.17 Correspondence –Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs to the Chair, item 3 PDF 128 KB
- Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 50 KB View as HTML (3/3) 13 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Environment
and Rural Affairs along with further comments from the petitioner and agreed
to:
- write to the Cabinet Secretary to ask if
they will consider increasing
tree canopy coverage in Wales’ towns and cities as a priority for the Area
Statement process that will be contributed to by Natural Resources Wales;
and
- draw the petition to the attention of
the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee as they are
currently undertaking work on the issue.
Meeting: 23/05/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:
·
write
to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs to ask what increase
in tree cover in urban areas has been achieved in last five years and whether
other plant species are also used for a similar purpose; and
·
seek
views from the petitioners on the response received.
Meeting: 13/12/2016 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 29 KB View as HTML (3/1) 7 KB
- 11.10.16 Correspondence – Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs to the Chair, item 3 PDF 209 KB
- Correspondence - Summary of survey, item 3 PDF 953 KB
- 08.11.16 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 15 KB View as HTML (3/4) 4 KB
- 07.12.16 Correspondence - Natural Resources Wales to the Chair, item 3 PDF 149 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to share the
response received from Natural Resources Wales with the petitioner and seek
their views before deciding the next steps to take.
Meeting: 13/09/2016 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover Sheet, item 3 PDF 29 KB View as HTML (3/1) 7 KB
- 11.07.2016. Correspondence - Petitioner to the Chair, item 3 PDF 31 KB View as HTML (3/2) 11 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from the petitioner and agreed to write to:
·
The
Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs to ask if guidance will be
produced on the benefits which trees can offer in towns and cities and on
improving canopy cover;
·
Natural
Resources Wales to ask what support it provides for planting individual street
trees in towns and cities.
Meeting: 08/03/2016 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover Sheet, item 2 PDF 29 KB View as HTML (2/1) 7 KB
- 16.02.2016 Correspondence –Minister for Natural Resources to the Chair, item 2 PDF 1 MB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:
·
await
further comments from the petitioner and ask the incoming Committee to consider
the petition further when it is available;
·
draw
the petitioner’s attention to the final paragraph of the Minister’s response,
where he suggests that they might contact local authorities in Wales to develop
the benefits of urban and community tree planting and help them put forward
funding applications for this purpose, particularly in the context of the
implementation of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and the
Planning (Wales) Act 2015.