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P-04-341 Waste and Incineration
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Meeting: 06/02/2013 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly (Item 4.)
Debate on the Petitions Committee’s Report on The Incineration of Waste
NDM5161 William Powell
(Mid and West Wales)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes
the report of the Petitions Committee on Petition P-04-341: The Incineration of
Waste, which was laid in the Table Office on 6 December 2012.
Note:
The response by the Welsh Government to the report was laid on 30 January 2013.
Supporting documents:
Decision:
The item started
at 15.50
NDM5161 William Powell
(Mid and West Wales)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes
the report of the Petitions Committee on Petition P-04-341: The Incineration of
Waste, which was laid in the Table Office on 6 December 2012.
Note:
The response by the Welsh Government to the report was laid on 30 January 2013.
The motion was agreed in accordance with
Standing Order 12.36.
Meeting: 06/11/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
P-04-341 Waste and Incineration - Draft Report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 4
Minutes:
The draft report was agreed subject to several amendments.
Meeting: 17/07/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
5 P-04-341 Waste and Incineration
Supporting documents:
- Response from ESA - AEA review of Candela research, item 5 PDF 520 KB
- Response from ESA - Modelling response, item 5 PDF 559 KB
Meeting: 02/07/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
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Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The paper was noted.
The Chair thanked the Stiwt Theatre for hosting the meeting, as well as the clerking and wider team for their work.
Meeting: 29/05/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 P-04-341 Waste and Incineration - Oral Evidence (via video conference)
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The witness answered questions from the Committee.
Meeting: 29/05/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
P-04-341 Waste and Incineration - Consideration of Oral Evidence Received to Date
Minutes:
The Committee agreed to:
Issue a report on the issue of incineration of waste, and request a Plenary debate.
Write to the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development to ask him to consider the weight of support for this petition when considering the Committee’s letter calling for the Cardiff Incinerator plans to be called in;
Write to those who have given evidence to Committee on this subject to seek their views on the modelling used to inform decisions in relation to incinerators.
Meeting: 29/05/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
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Supporting documents:
Meeting: 29/05/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
5 P-04-341 Waste and Incineration
Supporting documents:
Meeting: 15/05/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
4 P-04-341 Waste and Incineration - Discussion of Evidence Received
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The Committee agreed to defer this item until it has heard evidence from Professor Vyvyan Howard on 29 May.
Meeting: 01/05/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
6 P-04-341 Waste and Incineration - oral evidence session
Julian Kirby, Waste Specialist, Friends of the Earth
Haf Elgar, Campaigner, Friends of the Earth
Supporting documents:
- Coversheet, item 6 PDF 161 KB View as HTML (6/1) 7 KB
- FOE Consultation Response, item 6 PDF 800 KB
- FOE Consultation Response Annex A, item 6 PDF 6 MB
- FOE Consultation Response Annex C, item 6 PDF 3 MB
- Prof Vyvyan Howard Paper, item 6 PDF 705 KB
- 2011.11.19 Dr Dick van Steenis response, item 6 PDF 11 MB
- Health Protection Agency Paper, item 6 PDF 259 KB
- P-03-341 Abergavenny & Crickhowell Submission, item 6 PDF 306 KB View as HTML (6/8) 63 KB
- P-03-341 Petitioners' response to evidence received, item 6 PDF 242 KB View as HTML (6/9) 5 KB
- P-03-341 Petitioners' response to evidence received - transcript, item 6 PDF 299 KB View as HTML (6/10) 109 KB
Minutes:
The witnesses answered questions from the Committee.
The witnesses agreed to forward relevant data and analysis on the impact of the recession on waste arisings.
Meeting: 27/03/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
6 P-04-341 Waste and Incineration - Oral Evidence Session
Tim Peppin,
Director of Regeneration & Sustainable Development, WLGA
Rob Quick, Senior
Reporting Officer, Prosiect Gwyrdd
Mike Williams,
Director, Prosiect Gwyrdd
Supporting documents:
- 2012.03.01 WLGA response - (Item 2), item 6 PDF 630 KB
- 2012.01.10 Prosiect Gwyrdd response - (Item 2), item 6 PDF 775 KB
Minutes:
The witnesses answered questions from the Committee.
Actions
The Committee agreed to:
Write to Caerphilly County Borough Council with regard to the statement by United Valleys Action Group that the council’s procurement of mechanical biological treatment was stopped by the Welsh Government and that it was ‘financially pressured’ into joining Prosiect Gwyrdd;
Forward the Welsh Local Government Association’s statement that all methods of dealing with waste involve an element of burning’ to the petitioners for comment.
The Prosiect Gwyrdd representatives agreed to forward details of the tonnage of hazardous ash that needs to be transported as a result of incineration and of whether any incinerators being closed in the USA are similar to the type of incinerator being built in Wales.
Meeting: 27/03/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 8)
8 P-04-341 Waste and Incineration - Oral Evidence Session
John Griffiths AM, Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development
Jasper Roberts, Deputy Director Waste and Resource Efficiency Division
Dr Andy Rees, Head of Waste Strategy Branch
Supporting documents:
- 2011.12.02 Minister to Chair initial response (Item 4), item 8 PDF 1 MB
- 2012.01.17 Petitioner to Chair re views (Item 4), item 8 PDF 524 KB
Minutes:
The Minister and his officials answered questions from the Committee.
Action
Given his previous role as leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council, the
Committee agreed to write to Lindsay Whittle AM to ask about Caerphilly’s
experience in respect of Prosiect Gwyrdd.
Meeting: 27/03/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)
7 P-04-341 Waste and Incineration - Oral Evidence Session
Matthew Farrow, Director of Policy, Environmental Services Association
Julie Barratt, Director, Chartered Institute for Environmental Health
Supporting documents:
- 2012.01.03 WESA Response to Call for Evidence (Item 3), item 7 PDF 1 MB
- 2012.01.03 WESA Response to Call for Evidence 2 (Item 3), item 7 PDF 729 KB
- PET(4)-06-12 CIEH Paper 2 (Item 3), item 7 PDF 141 KB View as HTML (7/3) 23 KB
Minutes:
The witnesses answered questions from the Committee.
Action
The Committee agreed to commission a piece of research into whether the meeting
of recycling targets would mean less incineration, which may lead to financial
penalties if incinerators are not provided with enough waste to burn.
Meeting: 27/03/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
5 P-04-341 Waste and Incineration - Oral Evidence Session
Rob
Hepworth, Chair, Stop Newport & Monmouthshire Incinerator Campaign (SNIC)
Haydn Cullen Jones, Vice Chair, Stop Newport & Monmouthshire Incinerator
Campaign (SNIC)
Tim Maddison, Spokesperson, South Wales Without
Incineration (SWWIN)
Supporting documents:
- Coversheet, item 5 PDF 161 KB View as HTML (5/1) 7 KB
- PET(4)-06-12 SNIC Paper - (Item 1), item 5 PDF 1 MB
Minutes:
The witnesses answered questions from the Committee.
Meeting: 24/01/2012 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
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Supporting documents:
- PET(4)-02-12 p7a Coversheet, item 3 PDF 16 KB View as HTML (3/1) 7 KB
- PET(4)-02-12 p7f Please follow the link to access full consultation response
- PET(4)-02-12 p7b Minister to Chair initial response, item 3 PDF 687 KB
- PET(4)-02-12 p7c Chair of Environment to Chair re response, item 3 PDF 137 KB
- PET(4)-02-12 p7d Correspondence from the petitioner, item 3 PDF 122 KB
- PET(4)-02-12 p7e Summary of consultation responses , View reasons restricted (3/6)
Minutes:
The Committee agreed to:
Invite witnesses, including the Minister, to give oral evidence on energy from waste;
Inform the petitioners that the Environment and Sustainability Committee are undertaking an inquiry into energy policy and ask whether they would like to suggest any lines of questioning for that inquiry.
Meeting: 15/11/2011 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
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Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The Committee agreed:
To await the response from the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development;
Write to the Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee, asking for this issue to be considered as part of the Inquiry into Energy Planning and Policy in Wales;
To defer consideration of this issue until the call for evidence closes on 14 December 2011;
That the clerking team should ensure that any gaps in written evidence received are filled. For example, the Committee would like to receive evidence from local authorities and the Welsh Local Government Association on this issue.