Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee


Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 3 February 2022

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Marc Wyn Jones

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddClimate@senedd.wales


Remote

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Private pre-meeting (09.15-09.30)

 

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In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, the Chair has determined that the public are excluded from the Committee's meeting in order to protect public health. This meeting will be broadcast live on senedd.tv.

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Public meeting (09.30-12.15)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1

(09.30-10.45)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 22)

David Black, Interim Chief Executive – Ofwat

Gwenllian Roberts, Director of Wales – Ofwat

Mark Squire, Sustainable Water Manager – Natural Resources Wales

Sian Williams, Head of Operations for North Wales – Natural Resources Wales

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Paper - Ofwat

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Break (10.45-11.00)

 

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3       Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2

(11.00-12.15)                                                                           (Pages 23 - 35)

James Jesic, Managing Director - Hafren Dyfrdwy

Eleri Rees, Strategy and Regulation Director - Welsh Water

Steve Wilson, Managing Director Wastewater Services - Welsh Water

Attached Documents:
Paper - Hafren Dyfrdwy
Paper - Welsh Water

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4       Papers to note

(12.15)                                                                                                             

 

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4.1   The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

                                                                                                 (Pages 36 - 37)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd in relation to The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

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4.2   The Pesticides (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022

                                                                                                 (Pages 38 - 39)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Climate Change to the Chair, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee in relation to The Pesticides (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022

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4.3   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23

                                                                                                 (Pages 40 - 45)

Attached Documents:
Paper from Wales Environment Link in relation to the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23

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4.4   Marine environment management

                                                                                                 (Pages 46 - 47)

Attached Documents:
Additional evidence from Marine Energy Wales following their evidence session with the Committee on 9 December 2021 in relation to marine environment management

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4.5   Nature and climate emergencies

                                                                                                 (Pages 48 - 52)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Wales Environment Link to the First Minister in relation to the nature and climate emergencies

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4.6   Welsh Government Roads Review

                                                                                                           (Page 53)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Mabon ap Gwynfor MS to the Chair in relation to the Welsh Government Roads Review

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4.7   Future Wales: the national plan 2040

                                                                                                           (Page 54)

Attached Documents:
Correspondence from Non Davies, Joseph Jones, Dr Jonathan F Dean, Kate Watson and Clive Goodridge regarding the Committee’s consideration of concerns raised in relation to the Welsh Government’s Future Wales: the national plan 2040.

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting

(12.15)                                                                                                             

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Lunch break (12.15-12.45)

 

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Private meeting (12.45-14.00)

 

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6       Water quality and sewage discharges - consideration of evidence heard under items 2 and 3

                                                                                                                          

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7       Consideration of the Committee's draft report on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23

                                                                                                 (Pages 55 - 87)

Attached Documents:
Draft report on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23

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8       Consideration of the Committee's draft report on marine environment management

                                                                                                                          

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9       Consideration of the letter from the Llywydd in relation to the review of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the UK Government, the Welsh Government, Senedd Cymru and Ofcom

                                                                                                 (Pages 88 - 94)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Llywydd to the Chair in relation to the review of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the UK Government, the Welsh Government, Senedd Cymru and Ofcom.

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