Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 22 January 2020

Meeting time: 09.20 - 11.50
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5925

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Mike Hedges AM (Chair) Andrew RT Davies AM Llyr Gruffydd AM Neil Hamilton AM Jenny Rathbone AM Joyce Watson AM
Witnesses:	Shaun Couzens, Caerphilly County Borough Council Matthew Kennedy, Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru Gaynor Toft, Ceredigion County Council Tim Thomas, Residential Landlords Association Bethan Proctor, Community Housing Cymru Amy Hawkins, Swansea Council Patrick Holcroft, Swansea Council
Committee Staff:	Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk) Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk)

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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 Fuel Poverty - evidence session 3

2.1 The Committee received evidence from Shaun Couzens, Caerphilly County Borough Council; Gaynor Toft, Ceredigion County Council; and Amy Hawkins and Patrick Holcroft, Swansea Council.

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3 Fuel Poverty - evidence session 4

3.1 The Committee received evidence from Matthew Kennedy, Chartered Institute of Housing; Bethan Proctor, Community Housing Cymru; and Tim Thomas, Residential Landlords Association.

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4 Paper(s) to note

4.1 The Committee noted the papers.

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4.1 Correspondence from the Chair of the Committee on Assembly Electoral Reform - invitation to submit views

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4.2 Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - Inter-Ministerial Group Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA) meetings

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5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting

5.1 The Committee resolved to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting.

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6 Consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3 of today's meeting

6.1 Members discussed the evidence received under items 2 and 3.

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