Concise Minutes - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Meeting time: 09.15 - 11.12
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5509

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Mike Hedges AM (Chair) Andrew RT Davies AM John Griffiths AM Llyr Gruffydd AM Dai Lloyd AM Jenny Rathbone AM
Witnesses:	Lori Frater, Welsh Government Graham Rees, Welsh Government Professor Richard Cowell, Cardiff University Dr Mary Dobbs, Queen’s University Belfast Dr Ludivine Petetin, Cardiff University Dr Victoria Jenkins, UK Environmental Law Association
Committee Staff:	Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk) Katy Orford (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 AM.

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

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

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3 Environmental Principles and Governance post-Brexit - Private Briefing

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’.

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4 Environmental Principles and Governance post-Brexit - Evidence session 1

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.

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5 Paper(s) to note

5.1 The Committee noted the papers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received under item 4.

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8 Proposal for the Royal Welsh Show

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.

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