Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Contact: Marc Wyn Jones 

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Transcript: Transcript for 12/06/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd

Items
Expected timing No. Item

1.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2        Apologies were received from Joyce Watson AM.

2.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public from item 3 of today's meeting

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee resolved to exclude the public for item 3 of today’s meeting.

(09.15-09.45)

3.

Environmental Principles and Governance post-Brexit - Private Briefing

Graham Rees, Deputy Director, ERA EU Exit and Strategy Unit - Welsh Government

Lori Frater, Head of Strategic Environmental Policy – Welsh Government

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee received a technical briefing from Graham Rees and Lori Frater, Welsh Government on the consultation ‘Environmental Principles and Governance Post EU Exit’.

(09.45-11.00)

4.

Environmental Principles and Governance post-Brexit - Evidence session 1

Professor Richard Cowell, School of Geography and Planning – Cardiff University

Dr Mary Dobbs, Director, Masters in Law (MLaw) Programme, School of Law – Queen’s University Belfast

Dr Ludivine Petetin, Lecturer in Law, School of Law and Politics – Cardiff University

Dr Victoria Jenkins, UK Environmental Law Association Wales Working Party

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee received evidence from Professor Richard Cowell, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University; Dr Mary Dobbs, Director Masters Law Programme, School of Law, Queen’s University, Belfast; Dr Ludivine Petetin, Lecturer School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University; Dr Victoria Jenkins, UK Environmental Law Association Wales Working Party.

(11.00-11.05)

5.

Paper(s) to note

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee noted the papers.

5.1

Correspondence from the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales to the Chair - follow up from meeting on 10 January 2019

Supporting documents:

5.2

Correspondence from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales to the Chair - Environmental Principles and Governance in Wales Post European Union Exit

Supporting documents:

5.3

Correspondence from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chair - Environment Governance and Principles

Supporting documents:

5.4

Correspondence from the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales to the Chair - Environmental Governance and Principles

Supporting documents:

6.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public from items 7 and 8 of today's meeting

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee resolved to exclude the public for items 7 and 8 of today’s meeting.

7.

Environmental Principles and Governance post-Brexit - Consideration of evidence received under item 4

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received under item 4.

8.

Proposal for the Royal Welsh Show

Minutes:

8.1 Members agreed to hold an event at the Royal Welsh Show on Wednesday 24 July.

 

8.2 Members discussed the proposed content and format of the event. More detailed proposals will be put to the Committee to agree at a future meeting.