Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
In accordance with the inter-institutional relations agreement, I can report to Members I attended the BIC Environment Ministerial meeting on 8 May at Key Gardens.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez, President – Committee for the Environment & Infrastructure, States of Guernsey, from the Government of Guernsey; Timmy Dooley TD, Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Environment and Energy with special responsibility for the Marine, from the Government of Ireland; Minister Clare Barber, MHK from the Isle of Man Government; Deputy Steve Luce, Minister for the Environment from the Government of Jersey; Andrew Muir MLA, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Pam Cameron MLA, Junior Minister in the Executive, and Aisling Reilly MLA, Junior Minister in the Executive, all from the Northern Ireland Executive; Dr Alasdair Allan MSP, Acting Minister for Climate Action from the Scottish Government; and Mary Creagh MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Nature) from the UK Government.
We endorsed the report on the Environment Work Sector between 2020-2024. We also agreed a restructure of the Work Sector going forward and I was pleased that we all agreed the restructure should take forward the circular economy as our next topic of focus. As you know this is a priority in Wales and we have a lot of excellent work we can build upon.
Finally, we agreed a work plan for a new Invasive Species Work Sector which will take forward the work of the Invasive Non-Native Species subgroup and the Asian Hornet Taskforce subgroup.
A joint communique can be found at BIC Environment Ministerial Meeting - London - 8 May 2025 | The British Irish Council