Meeting Venue:
Committee room 4
Tŷ Hywel
and video
Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 18 September
2024
Meeting time: 09. - 12.30
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14091
Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Members of the Senedd:
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Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)
Janet Finch-Saunders MS
Delyth Jewell MS
Julie Morgan MS
Carolyn Thomas MS
Joyce Watson MS
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Witnesses:
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Dr Richard Unsworth, Project Seagrass -
Swansea University
Professor Steve Ormerod, Cardiff
University
Dr Victoria Jenkins, Swansea University
Annie Smith, RSPB Cymru
Alex Phillips, WWF
Chloe Wenman, Marine Conservation Society
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Committee Staff:
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Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)
Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)
Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk)
Katy Orford (Researcher)
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<AI1>
1
Introductions, apologies, substitutions,
and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the
meeting.
1.2 Apologies were received from Julie Morgan
MS for item 3.
</AI1>
<AI2>
2
Halting and reversing the loss of nature
by 2030 - evidence session with academics
2.1 The Committee received evidence from
academics.
</AI2>
<AI3>
3
Halting and reversing the loss of nature
by 2030 - evidence session with environmental
organisations
3.1 The Committee received evidence from
environmental organisations.
</AI3>
<AI4>
4
Papers to note
4.1 The papers were noted.
</AI4>
<AI5>
4.1
Committee visit
</AI5>
<AI6>
4.2
National Seagrass Action Plan proposal
for Wales
</AI6>
<AI7>
4.3
The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement
Scheme: Plant and Animal Health) Regulations 2024
</AI7>
<AI8>
4.4
Retained EU Law (REUL)
</AI8>
<AI9>
4.5
Establishment and remits of
committees
</AI9>
<AI10>
4.6
Inquiry on waste
</AI10>
<AI11>
4.7
Progress towards Wales’ climate
change commitments
</AI11>
<AI12>
4.8
British-Irish Council Summit
</AI12>
<AI13>
4.9
Legislative Consent: The UK Water
(Special Measures) Bill
</AI13>
<AI14>
4.10 Welsh
Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme
(SFS)
</AI14>
<AI15>
5
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi)
and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of
this meeting
5.1 The motion was agreed.
</AI15>
<AI16>
6
Consideration of evidence received under
items 2 and 3
6.1 Members considered the
evidence heard under items 2 and 3.
</AI16>
<AI17>
7
Consideration of draft letter to the
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and
Rural Affairs in relation to the Committee's inquiry on
waste
7.1 The Committee considered and agreed its
draft letter.
</AI17>
<AI18>
8
Consideration of the Committee's forward
work programme - Autumn 2024
8.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its
Forward Work Programme.
</AI18>
<AI19>
9
Consideration of draft report on Interim
Environmental Governance Measures in Wales
9.1 The Committee considered and agreed its
draft report.
</AI19>
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