26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
Could you repeat the question please?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
Well, I'm not able to comment specifically on that because those negotiations are active at the moment, so I don't think that that would be right for me to do. But, I have asked the UK Government for their officials to engage closely with Welsh Government…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
Yes, absolutely. Absolutely.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
So, there may be some further changes in this. Because it's in a transitional period, that doesn't come in to full operation just yet, so it's not possible to identify exactly yet, but I think it is an important thing. And I think it's good as well that the…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
I think there's probably a number of reasons for that, but I think it is absolutely the case that there are businesses in Wales who would previously have exported to the European Union who, whilst they're still doing that, are finding it a lot more…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
Well, we've got the review coming up, which is, effectively, an implementation review of how the agreement currently operates, if you like. So, there will be an opportunity in that context to, we hope, make some adjustments. Some of that is around the…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
Yes.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
—able to answer questions on that in due course.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
That's the paper I've just referred to, which we'll publish after the election, so we'll be—
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
I think we're about to publish an approach-to-trade policy paper, which will come out after the general election, which will flesh out some our broader objectives in relation to how we seek to influence UK Government policy in this area. Our principal focus…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
Okay, we'll follow up with that.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
Helen, are you able to help with that?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
That's why, yes, absolutely.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
I think I'm right in saying that the impact of the border target operating model is—. It's a regime for import, isn't it, so the cost for Welsh producers and Welsh exporters won't be governed so much by that; it'll be governed by the EU's regime for UK goods…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
I think construction of those is still on track, actually, for spring of next year, but the checks themselves, I think, aren't likely to be coming in then, in my view.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
I'd probably describe Spring 2025 as very ambitious indeed at this point. My own view is that it's unlikely that that date will be met, and that we will be doing well to have got there by the autumn, say. But we aren't in a position to review that at the…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
The levy is an employment tax that's levied by the UK Government, in all practical effect, isn't it? That's really how it operates, actually, both in England and Wales. The principal challenge that we have, and the reason I think you asked the question in the…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
Thank you for what you said about the letter; I thought it was important to be pretty categorical about our view about how the levy works. Those of us who were around when the levy was introduced were making these points at the time, and you were one of them…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
If there is anything more we can tell you, we'll drop you a note on that.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
I don't myself have information beyond that. Aine, do you have anything we can share today?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
I was at the RenewableUK Global Offshore Wind conference last week, and had a good opportunity on an informal basis, if you like, to have a discussion with the Crown Estate there, and registered our enthusiasm for making sure that we are able in Wales to make…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
We will continue to support it. I've been championing the foundational economy, together with other members of this committee, actually, since we were elected many years ago. So our commitment remains absolute. What we are doing at the moment is working…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
No, I think it does align perfectly with that, actually. What it talks about is restoring the powers to the Welsh Government that we previously had. But as you will know, as part of the European Union we had an EU-wide framework for how those funds are…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
I think there are some aspects of that that are in the ways of working relationship space, and some are in the policy space. In terms of ways of working, I think it's fair to say that what we've seen, in particular latterly under the current UK Government, is…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a'r Gymraeg
Well, some of it was about—. There was a range of things, actually, but some of it was about how we can make sure that the experience businesses have of engaging with the Government's business support offer is more easily accessible, to be honest, and is…
