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Scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs and the Minister for Environment

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Meeting: 11/03/2021 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs in relation to the Climate Change (Wales) Regulations 2021

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Meeting: 04/03/2021 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs regarding the Approved Country Lists (Animals and Animal Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

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Meeting: 04/02/2021 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

Continuation of general scrutiny session with the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs

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

Gian Marco Currado, Director, Environment & 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

 

Minutes:

3.1 Members continued to question the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs.

Meeting: 04/02/2021 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

Minutes:

6.1 Members considered the evidence heard during the scrutiny session and agreed to write to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to request further information on some of the issues raised.

Meeting: 04/02/2021 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 General scrutiny session with the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs

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

Gian Marco Currado, Director, Environment & 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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2.1 Members questioned the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs.

Meeting: 28/01/2021 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Green Recovery Task and Finish Group - consideration of evidence received under item 2

Minutes:

6.1 Members considered the evidence heard under item 2.

Meeting: 28/01/2021 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Evidence session with the Green Recovery Task and Finish Group

Sir David Henshaw, Chair – Green Recovery Task and Finish Group (Natural Resources Wales)

Peter Davies - Green Recovery Task and Finish Group member (Wales Council for Voluntary Action)

Tim Peppin – Green Recovery Task and Finish Group member (Welsh Local Government Association)

Sue Pritchard - Green Recovery Task and Finish Group member (Food, Farming and Countryside Commission)

 

 

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Minutes:

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Chair and members of the Green Recovery Task and Finish Group.

Meeting: 21/01/2021 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Correspondence to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs in relation to the Committee's legacy work

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Meeting: 14/01/2021 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Correspondence from the Chair to the Llywydd in relation to interim arrangements for environmental governance

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Meeting: 14/01/2021 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs in relation to interim arrangements for environmental governance

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Meeting: 14/01/2021 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Further correspondence between the Chair and the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs in relation to Agriculture (Model Clauses for Fixed Equipment) (Wales) Regulations 2019.

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Meeting: 10/12/2020 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Correspondence from the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs regarding a statement of objection to proposed net licence duties 2021-2023

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Meeting: 03/12/2020 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Chair to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs in relation to the Agriculture (Model Clauses for Fixed Equipment) (Wales) Regulations 2019

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Meeting: 12/11/2020 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Response from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to the letter from the Chair in relation to the Agriculture (Model Clauses for Fixed Equipment) (Wales) Regulations 2019

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Meeting: 05/11/2020 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Correspondence to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs on the Agriculture (Model Clauses for Fixed Equipment) (Wales) Regulations 2019, following correspondence from the Tenant Farmers Association

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Meeting: 01/10/2020 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Correspondence between The Tenant Farmers Association and the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs

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Meeting: 17/09/2020 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

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

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Meeting: 13/02/2020 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government response to the Committee's Annual Report on the Welsh Government's progress on climate change, 2019-20

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Meeting: 30/01/2020 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - follow up to November 2019 Ministerial scrutiny session

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Meeting: 22/01/2020 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - Inter-Ministerial Group Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA) meetings

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Meeting: 08/01/2020 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Letter to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - follow up from scrutiny session on 20 November 2019

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Meeting: 04/12/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Consideration of draft letter to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs following the scrutiny session on 20 November

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Minutes:

6.1 The Committee discussed and agreed the draft letter subject to a minor amendment.

 

Meeting: 20/11/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received under items 2 and 3 and identified key issues to pursue further with the Minister.

 

Meeting: 20/11/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 General scrutiny session with the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs

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

Christianne Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer – Welsh Government

Tim Render, Director, Environment & Rural Affairs – Welsh Government

Gian Marco Currado, Director, Environment and Marine – Welsh Government

 

 

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Minutes:

3.1 The Minister agreed to provide a note outlining the ten areas of non-legislative common frameworks in her Ministerial portfolio.

3.2 The Minister agreed to provide a note with further information on ‘fisheries litter’.

3.3 The Minister agreed to provide the Committee with an update on delivery of the Rural Development Plan.

 

Meeting: 16/10/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Correspondence from the Minister for Environment Energy and Rural Affairs, the Minister for Economy and Transport and the Minister for Education - Quadrilateral meeting with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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Meeting: 10/07/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Ministerial Scrutiny Session - Climate Change

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

Simon Jones, Director Economic Infrastructure - Welsh Government

Jonathan Oates, Head of Clean Growth - Welsh Government

Lucy Corfield, Head of Decarbonisation – Welsh Government

 

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Minutes:

2.1 The Minister responded to questions from Members.

2.2 The Chair requested that the Minister respond in writing to scrutiny questions that were not asked during this session due to time constraints.

2.3 The Chair requested that more time be allocated to scrutiny sessions with the Minister in the future.

Meeting: 26/06/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to the Chair - Energy and Climate Change Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) meeting

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Meeting: 13/02/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to the Chair regarding achieving a low-carbon pathway to 2030

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Meeting: 24/01/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Chair to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs regarding achieving a low-carbon pathway to 2030

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Meeting: 04/10/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Discussion of oral evidence session

Minutes:

The Committee discussed the evidence received from the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs. Members requested the following from:

 

A note from Legal Services on the Assembly’s legislative competence in relation to food labelling, and

 

A note from the Research Service on the provisions within the French Agriculture Bill relating to public food procurement.

Meeting: 04/10/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs

Lesley Griffiths AM, Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs

Tim Render, Director, Land, Nature and Food

Christianne Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales

Keith Smyton, Head of Food Division

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Minutes:

The Committee questioned Lesley Griffiths AM, Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs on the Welsh Government’s response to its report, Rethinking Food in Wales: Public Procurement of Food.

 

During the session, the Cabinet Secretary agreed to:

 

•        share with the Committee a copy of her recent correspondence with Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in relation to the provisions on the red meat levy within the UK Agriculture Bill;

 

•        provide the Committee with further details of steps she had taken, and intends to take, to increase capacity and expertise within her department to prepare for the UK’s departure from the European Union, including:

 

i.        confirmation of the total number of staff recruited and the vacancies yet to be filled, and

 

ii.       the total funding allocation from within her departmental budget to meet the cost of additional staff and the associated opportunity cost; and

 

•        clarify the time period for which the disapplication of paragraph 6.2 of TAN 1 will be in place.

 

 

Meeting: 26/09/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Correspondence with the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs on the scrutiny of carbon budgets

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Meeting: 18/07/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs - Brexit and general scrutiny

Lesley Griffiths, Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs

Tim Render, Director, Environment & Rural Affairs

Christianne Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer

 

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Minutes:

Members asked questions of the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs and the Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales on the Welsh Government’s Refreshed Bovine TB Eradication Strategy and preparedness for Brexit.

Meeting: 22/03/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Discussion of the evidence from the Welsh Government on climate change

Minutes:

The Committee discussed the evidence session and agreed to publish a short report on the Welsh Government’s work on climate change mitigation.

Meeting: 22/03/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government on climate change

Lesley Griffiths AM, Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs

Hannah Blythyn AM, Minister for Environment

Prys Davies, Head of Decarbonisation and Energy

Neil Hemington, Head of Planning

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs and the Minister for the Environment answered questions from the Committee.

Meeting: 26/10/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs regarding the paper from the UK Assessment Panel of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas on the 'Future Landscapes: Delivering for Wales' report

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Meeting: 18/10/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs to the Chair following the general scrutiny session with the Committee on 20 July 2017

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Meeting: 20/07/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs

Lesley Griffiths AM, Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Secretary and her officials responded to questions from Members.

 

The Cabinet Secretary agreed to review the report of the UK assessment panel of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, cited by Simon Thomas AM, and write to the Committee with her response on its contents.

Meeting: 12/01/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Letter from Cabinet Secretary on issues arising from the work of the Committee

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Meeting: 14/09/2016 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)

7 Scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs: priorities for the Fifth Assembly

Lesley Griffiths AM - Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs

Dr Christianne Glossop - Chief Veterinary Officer

Neil Hemington - Chief Planner

Matthew Quinn - Director, Environment & Sustainable Development

Andrew Slade - Director, Agriculture, Food & Marine

 

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Minutes:

7.1 The Cabinet Secretary and officials responded to questions from Members.

 

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