Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid: Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 9 February 2023

Meeting time: 09.30 - 15.15
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13201

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:

Lord Deben, UK Climate Change Committee

Marili Boufounou, UK Climate Change Committee

James Tarlton, UK Climate Change Committee

Graham Vidler, Confederation of Passenger Transport

Clare Pillman, Natural Resources Wales

Ceri Davies, Natural Resources Wales

Rachael Cunningham, Natural Resources Wales

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk)

Andrew Minnis (Researcher)

Chloe Corbyn (Researcher)

Lorna Scurlock (Researcher)

Nia Moss (Researcher)

Hannah Johnson (Researcher)

Rob Davies (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       Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales

2.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives of the UK Climate Change Committee.

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3       Bus and coach net zero - briefing by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT)

3.1 The Committee received a briefing and asked questions to the representative of the Confederation of Passenger Transport.

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4       Papers to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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4.1   Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

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4.2   The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) Regulations 2023

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4.3   Public Appointments

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 6,7,8,9,10 and 12 of today's meeting

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6       Consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence heard under item 2.

6.2 The Committee considered the evidence received under item 3.

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7       Areas of Research Interest - technical briefing

7.1 The Committee received a briefing on the Senedd’s Areas of Research Interest project.

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8       Provisional Common Framework: Resources and waste - technical briefing

8.1 The Committee received a briefing on the provisional common framework for resources and waste.

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9       Consideration of the Committee's draft report on the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)

9.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its draft report subject to a few minor amendments.

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10    Consideration of the Committee's draft report on the Legislative Consent Memoranda for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

10.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its draft report, subject to a minor amendment.

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11    Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales

11.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of Natural Resources Wales.

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12    Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales - consideration of evidence received under item 11

12.1 Members considered the evidence heard under item 11.

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