Meetings

The Committee considered correspondence and agreed to close the petition, given that the petitioners are members of the Task and Finish group which has made recommendations to the Welsh Government, and the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs commitment to consider which actions to take forward.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and noted that Coed Cadw are now members of the Task and Finish Group and agreed to await the Minister informing the Committee of the outcome of the Group’s findings.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to write to the Minister welcoming his response and asking him to notify the Committee of:

·                     the structure and membership of the Task and Finish Group;

·                     whether the Minister would consider a nominee from Coed Cadw for the Task and Finish Group;

·                     the findings of the Task and Finish Group once it has completed its work and any resulting action plan.

The Committee also agreed to forward details of the petition and the Committee’s consideration of it to the Task and Finish Group.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to ask the Minister for Natural Resources and Food whether he would be prepared to consider greater protection for ancient, veteran and heritage trees in forthcoming legislation.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to;

·         consider the matter further following the Committee’s visit to a woodland near Gregynog during its autumn outreach programme; and

·         await publication of the draft Planning (Wales) Bill.

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The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to;

·         write to the Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee highlighting this petition, in advance of their likely consideration of the Heritage (Wales) Bill;

·         write to the Environment and Sustainability Committee highlighting this petition, in advance of their likely consideration of the Planning (Wales) Bill and Environment (Wales) Bill; and

·         seek the petitioner’s views on the correspondence from Natural Resources Wales, asking where they would like to see further action to protect  ancient, veteran and heritage trees.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to write to Natural Resources Wales asking how they plan to address the issues raised by the petition.

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development to seek his views.