Agenda - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: 21 February 2019

Meeting time: 09.20
For further information contact:

Marc Wyn Jones

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6363

SeneddCCERA@assembly.wales


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Consideration of Biodiversity - Public Goods Scheme: oral briefing (09.20 - 09.30)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

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2       Consideration of Biodiversity - Public Goods Scheme: evidence session with representatives of environment and conservation groups

(09.30 -10.30)                                                                          (Pages 1 - 104)

Rachel Sharp, Chief Executive Officer - Wildlife Trusts Wales

Jerry Langford, Public Affairs Manager Wales -  Woodland Trust
Laurence Brooks, Ecological Consultant - Ecology Planning

Robert Vaughan, Sustainable Land Use Manager - Natural Resources Wales

Attached Documents:
Research Brief
Paper - Wildlife Trusts Wales
Paper - Woodland Trust
Paper - Laurence Brooks - Ecology Consultant
Paper - Natural Resources Wales

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Break (10 mins)

 

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3       Consideration of Biodiversity - Public Goods Scheme: evidence session with representatives of Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, National Park Authorities and the British Ecological Society

(10.40-11.40)                                                                       (Pages 105 - 126)

Steve Wilson, Managing Director Wastewater Services - Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water

Emyr Williams, Chief Executive - Snowdonia National Park Authority

Geraint Jones, Farm Conservation Officer - Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority

Brendan Costelloe, Policy Manager - British Ecological Society

Attached Documents:
Paper - Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Paper - National Parks Wales
Paper - British Ecological Society

 

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4       Paper(s) to note

(11.40)                                                                                                             

 

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4.1   Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to the Chair regarding the UK Government’s draft Environment Bill and the Welsh Government’s proposals for environmental governance

                                                                                             (Pages 127 - 129)

Attached Documents:
Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - 7 February 2019

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4.2   Additional correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to the Chair regarding the publication of the Committee's report 'The impact of Brexit on fisheries in Wales''

                                                                                             (Pages 130 - 131)

Attached Documents:
Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - 7 February 2019

 

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4.3   Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to the Chair regarding the outcomes-based approach to the Public Goods scheme

                                                                                             (Pages 132 - 137)

Attached Documents:
Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - 13 February 2019

 

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4.4   Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to the Chair regarding discussions with the Fisheries and Marine Senior Steering Group in relation to the UK Fisheries Bill

                                                                                             (Pages 138 - 139)

Attached Documents:
Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - 13 February 2019

 

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

(11.40)                                                                                                             

 

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6       Biodiversity - Public Goods Scheme: consideration of oral evidence

(11.40-12.10)                                                                                                  

 

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7       Forward work programme: approach to environmental governance and principles

(12.10-12.30)                                                                       (Pages 140 - 151)

Attached Documents:
Forward work programme

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