Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - The Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 4 July 2018

Meeting time: 09.15 - 12.28
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4884

------

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Mike Hedges AM (Chair) Gareth Bennett AM Dawn Bowden AM Jayne Bryant AM Dai Lloyd AM David Melding AM Simon Thomas AM Joyce Watson AM
Witnesses:	Lesley Griffiths AM, Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs Rebecca Evans AM, Minister for Housing and Regeneration Prys Davies, Welsh Government Lisa Dobbins, Welsh Government Francois Samuel, Welsh Government Kevin Hammet, Welsh Government Richard Barnes, University of Hull Griffin Carpenter, New Economics Foundation
Committee Staff:	Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Martha Da Gama Howells (Second Clerk) Elfyn Henderson (Researcher) Lorna Scurlock (Researcher)

<AI1>

1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

</AI1>

<AI2>

2 Inquiry into Low Carbon Housing: the challenge

The Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs and the Minister for Housing answered questions from Members. 

The Cabinet Secretary agreed to provide the Committee with more information on the Welsh Government’s Construction Alignment Group.

</AI2>

<AI3>

3 Inquiry into the impact of Brexit on fisheries in Wales: introductory session

Prof Richard Barnes and Griffin Carpenter answered questions from Members about the impact of Brexit on the Welsh fishing industry and the UK Government’s Fisheries White Paper ‘Sustainable Fisheries for Future Generations’.

</AI3>

<AI4>

4 Paper(s) to note

</AI4>

<AI5>

4.1 Welsh Government response to the Committee's Short Report on the Draft Welsh National Marine Plan

Members noted the paper.

</AI5>

<AI6>

4.2 Letter from the Welsh Government regarding Natural Resources Wales Budget 2018-19

Members noted the paper.

</AI6>

<AI7>

5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for item 6

The motion was agreed.

</AI7>

<AI8>

6 Discussion of evidence

Members agreed to produce a report on the inquiry into ‘low Carbon Housing: the Challenge’ before the Summer Recess period.

</AI8>

<TRAILER_SECTION>

</TRAILER_SECTION>

<LAYOUT_SECTION>

1.FIELD_TITLE

FIELD_SUMMARY

</LAYOUT_SECTION>

<TITLE_ONLY_LAYOUT_SECTION>

2.FIELD_TITLE

</TITLE_ONLY_LAYOUT_SECTION>

<HEADING_LAYOUT_SECTION>

FIELD_TITLE

</HEADING_LAYOUT_SECTION>

<TITLED_COMMENT_LAYOUT_SECTION>

FIELD_TITLE

FIELD_SUMMARY

</TITLED_COMMENT_LAYOUT_SECTION>

<COMMENT_LAYOUT_SECTION>

FIELD_SUMMARY

</COMMENT_LAYOUT_SECTION>

<SUBNUMBER_LAYOUT_SECTION>

2.1FIELD_TITLE

FIELD_SUMMARY

</SUBNUMBER_LAYOUT_SECTION>

<TITLE_ONLY_SUBNUMBER_LAYOUT_SECTION>

2.2FIELD_TITLE

</TITLE_ONLY_SUBNUMBER_LAYOUT_SECTION>