Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies.

Poppy Thomas

Kayleigh Stone

Jenny Taylor

Richard Williams

Darren Milllar AM

The students answered questions from the Committee.

The students agreed to share the details of their proposal for financing the free bus passes, as well as the survey undertaken on the proposal.

The Committee agreed to:

Consider the petition again, once the requested information has been received;

Write to Leighton Andrews enclosing the information.

Myrddin Davies, Stiwt Theatre

Liz Doylan, Colwyn Bay Café

The witnesses answered questions from the Committee.

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:

Take legal advice on the matter and consider it again at the next meeting;

Write to the Minister on the subject, enclosing the evidence received.

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:

Write to the Minister on the subject of the petition;

Refer the petitioner to the Heritage Bill that the Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage will be bringing forward and encourage them to engage in that process.

The Committee considered this petition for the first time and agreed to write to the First Minister on the subject.

The Committee considered this petition for the first time.

Bethan Jenkins stated that she has publicly supported the subject of the petition.

The Committee agreed to follow-up on the Chair’s letter to the Minister on the subject.

The Committee considered this petition for the first time and agreed to:

Write to the Minister on the subject of the petition;

Urge the petitioners to engage in the consultation being held on the marine conservation zone proposals.

The Committee considered correspondence in relation to this petition and agreed to:

Refer the matter to the Cross-party Group on Sport;

Schedule a Plenary debate on the issue and then close the petition. 

The Committee considered correspondence in relation to this petition and agreed to:

Summarise the actions taken by the Committee and forward to the relevant constituency and regional AMs, indicating the Committee’s support and asking that AMs continue to support the petitioners at local level;

Close the petition.

The Committee considered correspondence in relation to this petition and agreed to:

Relay the petitioner’s comments to the Minister;

Then close the petition.

The Committee considered correspondence in relation to this petition and agreed to write to the petitioners to ask whether they are satisfied with the Minister’s response on the subject and, if so, close the petition.

The Committee considered correspondence relating to this petition and agreed to write to the petitioners to let them know that the Committee feels it has progressed the petition as far as it can and that, unless they can suggest an alternative way forward, the Committee will close the petition.

The Committee considered correspondence in relation to this petition and agreed to write to the Leader of Ceredigion County Council setting out the Committee’s concerns and areas it feels should be prioritised. This would include a review of the new service provision by an external body, which the Council Leader has indicated would be welcomed.

The Committee considered correspondence in relation to this petition.

Joyce Watson declared an interest as a member of the RSPB.

The Committee agreed to close the petition, given that the assessments carried out and the steps taken are supported by the RSPB.

The Committee considered correspondence from the Countryside Council for Wales relating to this petition.

The Committee agreed to:

Write to the Minister outlining its concerns about the information received in the correspondence;

Keep the Environment and Sustainability Committee apprised of the situation;

Request details of the timeline for the Environment Bill, which the Gower Society could engage in;

Keep the Gower Society President and Chair apprised of the Committee’s actions.

The Committee considered correspondence in relation to this petition.

Given that BT have confirmed that the ‘go live’ date for the relevant exchange is December 2012, the Committee agreed to close the petition.

The Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science in relation to this petition. In light of the Minister’s letter, the Committee agreed to close the petition.

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.

View the meeting transcript.