Agenda and minutes

1.1 Apologies were received from Keith Davies and Julie James for the whole meeting and from William Powell and David Rees for the afternoon session.  Ken Skates attended as a substitute for Keith Davies and Mark Drakeford for David Rees.

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Alun Davies AM, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes

Andrew Slade, Director of EU Policy and Funding and Head of European Programmes Group

Rob Hunter, Director, Finance and Performance

2.1 The Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes and officials responded to questions from members of the Committee.

2.2 The Deputy Minister agreed to provide a breakdown of the enforcement Action in relation to the proportion of the budget spend on prosecution.

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John Griffiths AM, Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development

Matthew Quinn, Director, Environment & Sustainable Development

Dr Christianne Glossop, Director, Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer

3.1 The Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development and officials responded to questions from members of the Committee.

3.2 The Minister agreed to provide the ‘green book’ figure for legacy issues related to IT systems of the new single environment body.

4.1 The Committee agreed the Motion to exclude the public from the meeting for item 5.

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had received and the issues it wished to raise in its report to the Finance Committee.

5.2 The Committee adjourned between 12.00 and 13.00.

E&S(4)-25-12 paper 3 – Wales Environment Link

E&S(4)-25-12 paper 4 – RSBP Cymru

E&S(4)-25-12 paper 5 – Wildlife Trusts Wales

E&S(4)-25-12 paper 6 – WWF Cymru

E&S(4)-25-12 paper 7 – Marine Conservation Society

Gareth Cunningham, RSPB Cymru

Beth Henshall, Wildlife Trusts Wales

Dan Crook, WWF Cymru

Gill Bell, Marine Conservation Society

6.1 The Committee agreed that it would undertake a short inquiry into the implications for Wales of the consultation by the UK Government on the future of the Agricultural Wages Board.

6.2 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee on marine policy in Wales.

6.3 Dan Crook agreed to share with the Committee the report of the study commissioned by WWF on the co-location of marine conservation zones with renewable energy developments.

7.1 The Committee agreed the Motion to exclude the public from the meeting on 24 October.

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