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Transcript: Transcript for 14/12/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd
Expected timing | No. | Item |
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(09.15 - 09.30) |
Private pre-meeting |
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(09.30 - 09.50) |
Inquiry into 'low carbon housing: the challenge' - discussion of written evidence Minutes: Members
discussed the written evidence and agreed to hold oral evidence sessions in the
spring term. |
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(09.50 - 10.20) |
Committee visit to the Scottish Parliament and Government - discussion of findings and next steps Minutes: Members
discussed the visit and agreed to keep in contact with counterpart committees
in other UK legislatures. |
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest Minutes: Apologies
were received from Gareth Bennett AM, Dawn Bowden AM and Jayne Bryant AM. The
Chair welcomed Joyce Watson AM to the Committee and thanked Jenny Rathbone AM
for her contribution to the work of the Committee. |
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(10.20 - 11.10) |
Inquiry into community energy - oral evidence session Merlin
Hyman - Chief Executive, Regen South West Robert
Proctor – Business Development Manager, Community Energy Wales Supporting documents:
Minutes: Merlin
Hyman and Robert Proctor introduced themselves and responded to questions from
Members. |
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(11.20 - 12.10) |
Inquiry into community energy - oral evidence session Holly Cross – Director, Cwm Arian Renewable Energy Benedict Ferguson - Director (Treasurer), Community Energy in
Pembrokeshire Grant Peisley – Director, Cyd Ynni (participating via video
conference) Jenny
Wong – Coetir Mynydd (Cyd Ynni, consortium) (participating via video
conference) Supporting documents:
Minutes: Benedict
Ferguson, Holly Cross, Grant Peisley and Jenny Wong introduced themselves and responded
to questions from Members. |
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(12.10 - 12.15) |
Paper(s) to note Minutes: Members
noted the papers. |
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Correspondence between the Chair and the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, and the Minister for Environment regarding the Committee's report, 'Branching out: a new ambition for woodland policies' Supporting documents: |
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Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs regarding the Committee's Natural Resources Policy workshop Supporting documents: |
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Letter from the Chair of Natural Resources Wales regarding the disposal of dredged sediment at sea under marine licence 12/45/ML Supporting documents: |
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Letter from the Chair of Natural Resources Wales following annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales Supporting documents: |
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business: Item
9 of this meeting. Minutes: The
motion was agreed. |
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(12.15 - 12.30) |
Private debrief Minutes: The
Committee discussed the evidence and agreed to ask the Welsh Government for
information on the following: -
Disaggregating
national targets for community energy to the local level -
Scaling
up support for Ynni Lleol and providing it with long term certainty -
Clarifying
the thresholds and eligibility for Business Rates exemptions for community
energy projects -
Whether
it intends to publish, annually, how much community energy is being generated by
local authorities. |