Agenda and minutes

1.1     Apologies were received from Antoinette Sandbach.  There were no substitutions.

1.2     The Committee agreed to re-arrange the order of business as Horizon Nuclear Power were unable to attend the meeting as planned.

2.1     The Committee resolved to exclude the public from item 3.

3.1     The Committee agreed the content of its letter to the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, and that it should be in the format of a covering letter and a report as an attachment.  The Committee also agreed that the report should be laid before the Assembly.

E&S(4)-13-12 paper 6

4.1     The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development to seek clarity as to why the UK Government had decided to transfer the functions of the public corporation, British Waterways to a charitable trust known as the Canal and River Trust over the other options available.

E&S(4)-13-12 paper 1 - Horizon Nuclear Power

E&S(4)-13-12 paper 2 – Nuclear Free Local Authorities

                   Councillor Stephen Churchman, Chair NFLA Welsh Forum

5.1     The witness from Horizon Nuclear Power was unable to attend the meeting as planned.

5.2     Councillor Stephen Churchman responded to questions from members of the Committee on energy policy and planning in Wales in relation to nuclear energy.

5.3     Councillor Churchman agreed to provide written information to the Committee on net savings achieved through investing in energy efficiency.

5.4     The Committee agreed that the Chair should write to Kevin McCullough as the Chair of Horizon Nuclear Power to seek written answer to its questions on nuclear energy.

E&S(4)-13-12 paper 3 – The Tyndall Centre

          Prof Kevin Anderson, Deputy Director, The Tyndall Centre

Dr John Broderick, Research Fellow, The Tyndall Centre

E&S(4)-13-12 paper 4 – Environment Agency Wales

          John Harrison, Environment Manager, Environment Agency Wales

Dave Jones, Technical Officer - Groundwater and Contaminated Land, Environment Agency Wales

6.1     The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee on energy policy and planning in Wales in relation to unconventional gas.

Minutes of the meeting held on 15 March

          E&S(4)-12-12 minutes

7.1     The Committee noted the minutes of the meeting held on 15 March.

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7.2     The Committee noted the paper from the Petitions Committee.

View the meeting transcript.