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Reform MP chair of Welsh environment committee may ‘undermine scrutiny’, says thinktank

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Climate campaigners question choice of James Evans for role given past criticism of green energy projects

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The appointment of a Reform UK MP as the chair of a key Welsh environmental committee could “undermine the hard graft of ministerial scrutiny”, a green thinktank has warned.

James Evans, a former Conservative party MP who defected to Reform UK in January last year, has been appointed chair of the Welsh climate change, environment, sustainability and rural affairs committee.

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