Agenda and minutes

1.1 Apologies were received from Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Llyr Huws Gruffydd and Antoinette Sandbach.  There were no substitutions.

09:00 – 10:00

E&S(4)-20-12 paper 1: Wales Coastal Monitoring Centre

E&S(4)-20-12 paper 2: Cardiff School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

     Louise Pennington, Wales Coastal Monitoring Centre

Emlyn Jones, Wales Coastal Monitoring Centre

10:00 – 11:00

E&S(4)-20-12 paper 3: Countryside Council for Wales

E&S(4)-20-12 paper 4: Environment Agency Wales

Dr Nicola Rimington, Marine & Coastal Physical Scientist, CCW

Dr Susan Gubbay, CCW Council Member

Graham Hillier, Flood and Coastal Risk Manager, Environment Agency Wales

Steve Cook, Strategy Manager, Flood and Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency Wales

11:00 – 11:10 Break

11.10 – 12:10

E&S(4)-20-12 paper 5: Welsh Local Government Association

     Neville Rookes, Flood and Water Officer, WLGA

12:10 – 12:45 Break

12:45 – 13:30

E&S(4)-20-12 paper 6: Atkins

E&S(4)-20-12 paper 7: Halcrow

E&S(4)-20-12 paper 8: Royal Haskoning

     Kath Winnard, Atkins

Kevin Owen, Atkins

Marcus Philips, Halcrow

Greg Guthrie, Royal Haskoning

13:30 – 14:30

E&S(4)-20-12 paper 9: The National Trust

     Phil Dyke, National Trust Coast & Marine Adviser

2.1 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee on coastal protection.

2.2 Dr Rimington agreed to provide copies of papers by Defra on the initiatives being developed using natural processes in defences.

2.3 Mr Dyke agreed to update the Committee on the availability of the Defra evaluation of the Pathfinder project.

3.1 The Committee agreed to exclude the public from the meeting.

4.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had received on coastal protection.

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