Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 22 November 2018

Meeting time: 09.01 - 11.57
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5085

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Mike Hedges AM (Chair) Gareth Bennett AM Jayne Bryant AM Andrew RT Davies AM John Griffiths AM Llyr Gruffydd AM Joyce Watson AM
Witnesses:	Ken Skates AM, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport Prys Davies, Welsh Government Simon Jones, Welsh Government Dr Rebecca Heaton, UK Climate Change Committee Dr David Joffe, UK Climate Change Committee
Committee Staff:	Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Lowri Jones (Deputy Clerk) Chloe Corbyn (Researcher) Andrew Minnis (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Helen Mary Jones AM as a permanent member of the Committee.

1.2 Apologies were received from Helen Mary Jones AM.

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2 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public from items 3, 4 and 8 of today's meeting and for the meeting on 28 November 2018

2.1 The Committee resolved to exclude the public from items 3, 4 and 8 of today's meeting and for the meeting on 28 November 2018.

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3 Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2019-20: Consideration of draft report

3.1 The Committee considered the draft report.

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4 Correspondence from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs regarding the Committee's inquiry into payment for public goods

4.1 The Committee considered the correspondence.

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5 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2019-20: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport

5.1 The Committee took oral evidence from Ken Skates AM, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport.

5.2 The Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport agreed to provide information to the Committee regarding the funding application Caerphilly have submitted to the UK Government which will enable it to become the first community in Britain where all public transport will be powered by electricity.

5.3 The Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport agreed to provide a note to the Committee regarding the handover process which took place between Arriva Trains Wales and Transport for Wales, in addition to any due diligence reports.

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6 The Climate Change (Wales) Regulations 2018: evidence session with the UK Climate Change Committee

6.1 The Committee took oral evidence from Dr Rebecca Heaton and Dr David Joffe to inform it’s inquiry.

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7 Paper(s) to note

7. The Committee noted the papers under item 7.

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7.1 Correspondence from the Chair to The Rt Hon. the Lord Deben, UK Climate Change Committee Chair regarding the Climate Change (Wales) Regulations 2018

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7.2 Correspondence from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs regarding the Climate Change (Wales) Regulations 2018

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8 Consideration of oral evidence

8.1 The Committee considered the evidence received under item 5 and 6.

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