Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 5 February 2020

Meeting time: 09.15 - 10.40
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5926

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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:	Lesley Griffiths AM, Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs Tom Henderson, Welsh Government Richard Lewis, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk) Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser)

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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 Wild Animals and Circuses (Wales) Bill - Stage 2 proceedings

2.1 In accordance with Standing Order 26.21, the Committee disposed of the following amendments to the Bill:

Amendment 1 (Llyr Gruffydd)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Llyr Gruffydd	Mike Hedges
Andrew RT Davies	Jenny Rathbone
	Joyce Watson
	Neil Hamilton
Amendment 1 was not agreed.

Amendment 41 (Andrew RT Davies)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Llyr Gruffydd	Mike Hedges
Andrew RT Davies	Jenny Rathbone
	Joyce Watson	Neil Hamilton
Amendment 41 was not agreed.

Amendment 2 (Llyr Gruffydd)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Llyr Gruffydd	Mike Hedges
Andrew RT Davies	Jenny Rathbone
	Joyce Watson
	Neil Hamilton
Amendment 2 was not agreed.

Amendment 3 (Llyr Gruffydd) fell

Amendment 42 (Andrew RT Davies)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Llyr Gruffydd	Mike Hedges
Andrew RT Davies	Jenny Rathbone
	Joyce Watson
	Neil Hamilton
Amendment 42 was not agreed.

Amendment 4 (Llyr Gruffydd)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Llyr Gruffydd	Mike Hedges
Andrew RT Davies	Jenny Rathbone
	Joyce Watson	Neil Hamilton
Amendment 4 was not agreed.

Amendment 5 (Llyr Gruffydd)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Llyr Gruffydd	Mike Hedges
	Jenny Rathbone
	Joyce Watson
	Neil Hamilton	Andrew RT Davies
Amendment 5 was not agreed.

Amendment 6 (Llyr Gruffydd) was withdrawn

Amendments 7 to 40 (Llyr Gruffydd) were not moved

Amendment 43 (Andrew RT Davies)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Llyr Gruffydd	Mike Hedges
Andrew RT Davies	Jenny Rathbone
Neil Hamilton	Joyce Watson
As the vote was tied, the Chair used his casting vote in the negative (in accordance with SO 6.20 (ii)). Therefore amendment 43 was not agreed.

Amendments 44 and 45 (Andrew RT Davies) were not moved

2.2 The Chair confirmed that all sections and schedules of the Bill have been deemed agreed, completing Stage 2 proceedings.

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3 Paper(s) to note

3.1 The Committee noted the papers.

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3.1 Fuel Poverty - Summary note of  Public Engagement

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3.2 Welsh Government response to the Committee's report on the draft National Development Framework

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3.3 Update and Invitation from the Welsh Youth Parliament's Littering and Plastic Waste Committee

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

4.1 The Committee resolved to exclude the public from the remainder of today’s meeting.

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5 Consideration of Forward Work Programme

5.1 The Committee considered the Forward Work Programme and agreed to begin preparations for scrutiny of the Legislative Consent Memorandums on the UK Agriculture Bill, UK Fisheries Bill and the UK Environment Bill, in anticipation of them being laid before the Assembly.

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