Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid: Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 26 May 2022

Meeting time: 10.30 - 15.10
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12820

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)

Janet Finch-Saunders MS

Huw Irranca-Davies MS

Delyth Jewell MS

Jenny Rathbone MS

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

Silviya Barrett, Campaign for Better Transport

Mark Barry, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University

David Beer, Transport Focus

Bev Fowles, Coach and Bus Association Cymru

Gemma Lelliott, Community Transport Association

Josh Miles, Confederation of Passenger Transport Cymru

Professor Graham Parkhurst, Department of Geography and Environmental Management

Jane Reakes-Davies, Confederation of Passenger Transport

Joe Rossiter, Transform Cymru

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk)

Andrew Minnis (Researcher)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

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2       Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from Mark Barry, Professor of Practice in Connectivity, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University; and Professor Graham Parkhurst, Director, Centre for Transport and Society, University of the West of England.

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3       Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 2

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of Campaign for Better Transport; Transport Focus Wales, and Transform Cymru.

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4       Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 3

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of the Coach and Bus Association Cymru (CaBAC); Community Transport Association (CTA), and the Confederation of Passenger Transport Cymru (CPT).

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5       Papers to note

5.1 The papers were noted.

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5.1   Bus and rail transport in Wales

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5.2   Water quality and sewage discharges: storm overflows

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5.3   Scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales

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5.4   Single use plastics

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5.5   Common frameworks

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5.6   Energy price crisis

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5.7   Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement (IMG) for Housing, Local Government and Communities

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5.8   Decarbonisation of housing - additional written evidence from stakeholders following the Committee's meeting on 28 April

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5.9   Marine environment management: debate on Committee's report

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5.10 The Queen's speech 2022 - proposed legislation

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6       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting

6.1 The motion was agreed.

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7       Bus and rail transport in Wales - consideration of evidence heard under items 2,3 and 4

7.1 Members considered the evidence heard during evidence sessions 2, 3 and 4.

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8       Consideration of the Committee's forward work programme

8.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its Forward Work Programme.

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