Meeting
Venue:
Committee Room 2 - Senedd
Meeting
date: Wednesday, 14 October
2015
Meeting
time: 09.03 -
12.05
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3261
Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Assembly Members:
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Alun Ffred Jones AM (Chair)
Mick Antoniw AM
Russell George AM
Sandy Mewies AM (In place of Jeff Cuthbert
AM)
Llyr Gruffydd AM
Janet Haworth AM
Julie Morgan AM
William Powell AM
Jenny Rathbone AM
Joyce Watson AM
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Witnesses:
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Carl Sargeant AM, The Minister for Natural
Resources
Rebecca Evans AM, The Deputy Minister for
Farming and Food
Neil Hemington, Welsh Government
Matthew Quinn, Welsh Government
Andrew Slade, Welsh Government
Christianne Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer,
Welsh Government
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Committee Staff:
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Alun Davidson (Clerk)
SeatonN (Researcher)
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Transcript
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meeting transcript.
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1
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 Apologies were received Jeff Cuthbert.
Sandy Mewis attended as a
substitute.
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2
General Scrutiny Session: Minister for Natural Resources
2.1 The Minister and officials responded to
questions from members of the Committee.
2.2 The Minister agreed to:
- Energy consenting: A note on the
rationale behind the 350MW ceiling for the further devolution of
energy consenting powers.
- Marine planning: A note on the new
European Commission marine planning directive.
- Water quality: The criteria for
assessing whether a water body has a 'good ecological status'
(GES).
- Water quality: To provide a comparison
of the 42% figure for water bodies in Wales achieving GES with the
percentage of water bodies in other UK countries and elsewhere in
the EU achieving GES.
- Natural Resources Wales Coastal
Review: Details of progress in implementing the seven
recommendations that will not be completed during this financial
year, including a timeline for completing these
recommendations.
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3
General Scrutiny Session: Deputy Minister for Farming and
Food
3.1 Declaration of interest: William
Powell declared that he is a partner in a farm business that is in
receipt of payments under the Common Agricultural Policy and is a
member of Glastir Advanced.
3.2 The Deputy Minister and officials
responded to questions from members of the Committee.
3.3 The Deputy Minister agreed to:
- Agricultural Advisory Panel for Wales:
To provide details of the terms of reference for the Agricultural
Advisory Panel for Wales, once available.
- Independent review of Glastir
advanced: A note on progress against each of the 10
recommendations made following the independent evaluation of
Glastir advanced.
- Control of Horses (Wales) Act 2014: A
note on the impact the Control of Horses Act has had on equine
welfare.
- Animal welfare: Confirmation the
number of badger carcasses reported to the Welsh Government in
response to its dead badger survey and the number infected with
tuberculosis once this information becomes available.
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4
Papers to note
4.1 The Committee noted the
papers.</AI5><AI6>
- Genetically Modified Organisms: Response
from the Deputy Minister for Health </AI6><AI7>
- Genetically Modified Organisms:
Correspondence from the Deputy Minister for Health </AI7><AI8>
- Annual Review of Controls on Imports of
Animal Products: Correspondence from the Welsh Government
</AI8><AI9>
- Draft Wales Bill: Correspondence from the
Presiding Officer </AI9><AI10>
- Inquiry into energy efficiency and fuel
poverty in Wales: Response from the Minister for Natural
Resources </AI10><AI11>
- Appointment Process for the Chair of
Natural Resources Wales: Response from the First Minister
</AI11><AI12>Natural Resources
Wales - Marine Programme: Summary Work Plan 2015 -2016
</AI12><AI13>
- Agreement on International Humane Trapping
Standards: Response from the Deputy Minister for Farming and
Food </AI13><AI14>
- Water quality in Wales: Response from the
Deputy Minister for Farming and Food </AI14><AI15>
- Control of Horses (Wales) Act 2014:
Response from the Deputy Minister for Farming and Food
</AI15><AI16>
- Grid connectivity and the development of
marine renewable energy in Anglesey: Correspondence from the Chair
of the Enterprise and Business Committee </AI16><AI17>
- Active travel independent report -
Professor Stuart Cole: Correspondence from the Minister for
Economy, Science and Transport
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