Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 13 February 2020

Meeting time: 09.05 - 11.15
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5932

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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 Jack Sargeant AM (In place of Joyce Watson AM)
Witnesses:	Lesley Griffiths AM, Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs Julie James AM, Minister for Housing and Local Government Stephen Chamberlain, Welsh Government Christine Wheeler, Welsh Government Lisa Dobbins, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Elizabeth Wilkinson (Second Clerk) Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk) Emily Williams (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Joyce Watson, Jack Sargeant substituted.

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2 Fuel Poverty - Scrutiny of the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs and the Minister for Housing and Local Government

2.1 The Committee scrutinised the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, and the Minister for Housing and Local Government on fuel poverty.

2.2 Several action points were identified during the meeting which will be followed up through correspondence with the Ministers.

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3 Paper(s) to note

3.1 The Committee noted the paper.

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3.1 Welsh Government response to the Committee's Annual Report on the Welsh Government's progress on climate change, 2019-20

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

4.1 The Committee resolved to exclude the public from item 5 of today’s meeting.

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5 Consideration of evidence received under item 2

5.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received during the session with the Ministers.

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