, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Absolutely. And you will have heard the First Minister's response to Altaf Hussain when he raised this in First Minister's questions. And, obviously, as a Government, we are very aware of the publication of the HIW report into maternity services at the…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you, and, yes, we'd all certainly send our very best wishes to the individual concerned. The Deputy Minister for Climate Change is looking at safety measures on the road that you referred to, and I'm sure, at the most appropriate time, will come forward…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Llywydd. There are two changes to this week's business. The statement on the Government response to the 'Developing the UK Emissions Trading Scheme' consultation has been postponed, and immediately before the Stage 4 debate on the Agriculture (Wales)…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I think there could be, but you just have to deal with that on a case-by-case basis, really, and we've certainly made it very clear that we wouldn’t expect that level of interference.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Yes.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
So, again, when we came out of the European Union, I made it very clear that, for me, it’s unacceptable to lower our environmental standards, our animal health and welfare standards, and I think UK Government shared that ambition; they certainly said they…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
'Deal'—that's the word. When we thought we were going to leave with no deal. A huge piece of work. So, it's great now that we can reprioritise again and put people back on things that are important to me as a Minister and are important to Welsh Government…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
'Lots' is the answer, and a great number of Ministers have been involved in the discussions. The Counsel General leads on this, but in every DEFRA inter-ministerial group this has been a standing item. I'm very pleased the UK Government listened to us…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
All the reasons I went into politics.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Yes, absolutely, and, as I say, certainly quite a bit of the work that's being done across Government, not just in my portfolio, we can use in the community food strategy. So, again, the community food strategy is part of the co-operation agreement with Plaid…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
It was a one-off meeting—as I say, the FM chaired it—so, yes, certainly with the First Minister chairing it. What I probably will do—. It depends. I might do another one maybe later on. Let's see what comes together by the end of this term, get the document…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
No. There won't be a national food strategy. There are no plans to do that, and obviously that was a focus of Peter Fox's Bill. However, there was definitely a perception that—I think that came through very strongly with the evidence that, certainly, this…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Morning.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Well, that would be for the next Government to decide.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Well, obviously it's a five-year—. It wouldn't change in this term of Government, because it was a manifesto commitment, and I think we all feel that we should deliver on our manifesto commitments; I certainly do. So, it certainly wouldn't change in this…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Well, as you know, it was a manifesto commitment on which my party was elected and it's in the programme for government. We have that commitment to forbid culling of badgers—certainly an England-style cull of badgers—as part of our TB control. The basis of…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Yes, please.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I don't have any information on that. I don't know if you have any further information.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
No, I absolutely agree. When we had the pilot, the intention of that pilot was to try and work with the industry to find out what those choices would be. And you're right, it's not that one or that one, is it? It could be somewhere in the middle. So I think…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
We did have a pilot. Richard's predecessor, Christianne Glossop, did that, and it didn't really take off, I think it's fair to say. So, when Richard came into post, I asked Richard to have another look at this, because as you say, it's incredibly distressing…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Yes, of course. As you know, we had a consultation on a refreshed approach to the TB eradication programme that ended last year. I waited to bring forward the statement until Richard came in post at the end of March, because obviously he's got a specific…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
As Gian Marco said, this is ongoing. We've only extended the implementation date for one measure—the other regulations are going. I'm not saying they're being reviewed specifically, but because we've just been out to consultation, we're doing this piece of…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
No. Do you want to come in?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Yes, because that would be 2025. Yes.
