Agenda - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid: Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 9 February 2023

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Marc Wyn Jones

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddClimate@senedd.wales


Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting (09.15-09.30)

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Public meeting (09.30-11.40)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales

(09.30-10.30)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 14)

Lord Deben, Chair – Climate Change Committee

Marili Boufounou, Devolved Administrations Analyst - Climate Change Committee

James Tarlton, Senior Analyst, Carbon Budgets - Climate Change Committee

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales Progress

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Break (10.30-10.40)

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3       Bus and coach net zero - briefing by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT)

(10.40-11.40)                                                                           (Pages 15 - 18)

Graham Vidler, Chief Executive - Confederation of Passenger Transport

 

Report: Bus and Coach: the route to net zero in Wales

Attached Documents:
Technical brief - Bus and coach net zero

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4       Papers to note

(11.40)                                                                                                             

 

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4.1   Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 19 - 31)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Llywydd in relation to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution to the Chair, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee in relation to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

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4.2   The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) Regulations 2023

                                                                                                           (Page 32)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Climate Change to the Chair in relation to the Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales)

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4.3   Public Appointments

                                                                                                 (Pages 33 - 34)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Chair of the Public Accounts And Public Administration Committee in relation to their inquiry into Public Appointments

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 6,7,8,9,10 and 12 of today's meeting

(11.40)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting (11.40-12.40)

 

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6       Consideration of evidence received under items 2 and 3

                                                                                                                          

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7       Areas of Research Interest - technical briefing

                                                                                                 (Pages 35 - 41)

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Areas of Research Interest

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8       Provisional Common Framework: Resources and waste - technical briefing

                                                                                                 (Pages 42 - 50)

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Provisional Common Framework: Resources and waste

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9       Consideration of the Committee's draft report on the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW)

                                                                                                 (Pages 51 - 59)

Attached Documents:
Draft report: Annual report on the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales – 2022-23

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10    Consideration of the Committee's draft report on the Legislative Consent Memoranda for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 60 - 63)

Attached Documents:
Draft report on the Legislative Consent Memoranda for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

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Lunch break (12.40-13.20)

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Private pre-meeting (13.20-13.30)

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Public meeting (13.30-15.00)

 

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11    Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales

(13.30-15.00)                                                                           (Pages 64 - 92)

Clare Pillman, Chief Executive – Natural Resources Wales

Ceri Davies, Executive Director for Evidence, Policy & Permitting - Natural Resources Wales

Rachael Cunningham, Executive Director for Finance and Corporate Service - Natural Resources Wales

 

Natural Resources Wales Annual Report and Accounts 2021-2022

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Paper - Natural Resources Wales

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Private meeting (15.00-15.15)

 

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12    Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales - consideration of evidence received under item 11

                                                                                                                          

 

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