Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee


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


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Llyr Gruffydd MS (Chair)

Janet Finch-Saunders MS

Delyth Jewell MS

Julie Morgan MS

Carolyn Thomas MS

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

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

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk)

Lukas Evans Santos (Deputy Clerk)

Katy Orford (Researcher)

 

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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.

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2       Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with academics

2.1 The Committee received evidence from academics.

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3       Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with environmental organisations

3.1 The Committee received evidence from environmental organisations.

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4       Papers to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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4.1   Committee visit

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4.2   National Seagrass Action Plan proposal for Wales

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4.3   The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Plant and Animal Health) Regulations 2024

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4.4   Retained EU Law (REUL)

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4.5   Establishment and remits of committees

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4.6   Inquiry on waste

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4.7   Progress towards Wales’ climate change commitments

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4.8   British-Irish Council Summit

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4.9   Legislative Consent: The UK Water (Special Measures) Bill

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4.10 Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS)

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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.

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6       Consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

6.1 Members considered the evidence heard under items 2 and 3.

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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.

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8       Consideration of the Committee's forward work programme - Autumn 2024

8.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its Forward Work Programme.

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9       Consideration of draft report on Interim Environmental Governance Measures in Wales

9.1 The Committee considered and agreed its draft report.

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