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Group 16: Long Title (Amendment 56)
This amendment seeks to amend the long title of the Bill to include: 'amend The Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and to amend the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995’. While section 23 of the Bill does amend the 1986 Act, it does not currently amend the 1995 Act…
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Group 15: Commencement of Part 4 of Schedule 7 of the Agriculture Act 2020 – consequential amendments (Amendments 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
Yes, please.
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Group 15: Commencement of Part 4 of Schedule 7 of the Agriculture Act 2020 – consequential amendments (Amendments 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
Yes, please.
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Group 15: Commencement of Part 4 of Schedule 7 of the Agriculture Act 2020 – consequential amendments (Amendments 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
Yes, please.
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Group 15: Commencement of Part 4 of Schedule 7 of the Agriculture Act 2020 – consequential amendments (Amendments 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
Yes, please.
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Group 15: Commencement of Part 4 of Schedule 7 of the Agriculture Act 2020 – consequential amendments (Amendments 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
Yes, please.
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Group 15: Commencement of Part 4 of Schedule 7 of the Agriculture Act 2020 – consequential amendments (Amendments 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
Yes, please.
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Group 15: Commencement of Part 4 of Schedule 7 of the Agriculture Act 2020 – consequential amendments (Amendments 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
This group of amendments makes necessary amendments to Schedule 3 to the Bill, the consequential amendments to the common market organisation regulations. The Bill, as introduced, included drafting within Schedule 3 to take into account two possible scenarios…
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Group 14: Definition of Agriculture (Amendments 26, 27, 36, 28)
Yes, please.
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Group 14: Definition of Agriculture (Amendments 26, 27, 36, 28)
Thank you, Chair. The amendments in this group tabled seek to make regulations made under the power in section 50 subject to a superaffirmative procedure. My intention to have in place a bespoke superaffirmative procedure for regulations made under section 50…
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Group 13: Regulations-making procedure (Amendment 35)
Yes, please.
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Group 13: Regulations-making procedure (Amendment 35)
Thank you, Chair. So, amendment 35 in my name addresses the recommendation of the LJC committee. The amendment responds to recommendations 18 and 26 of their report and will change the regulation-making procedure from the negative to the affirmative procedure…
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Group 12: Wildlife – use of snares (Amendments 23, 24, 25, 22)
Thank you, Chair. The amendments in this group aim to introduce the licensed use of snares and I would just like to highlight that, in the Stage 1 report of this committee, a clear majority of Members did support the ban on the use of snares. The option of…
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Group 11: Forestry (Amendments 20, 21)
Thank you. Amendment 20 would amend a fundamental part of the Forestry Act 1967 by requiring Ministers to appoint a separate body or person to regulate Natural Resources Wales's use of felling licences on the Welsh Government woodland estate. I think it's…
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Group 10: Collection of Data (Amendments 18, 32, 19)
Yes, please.
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Group 10: Collection of Data (Amendments 18, 32, 19)
Yes, please.
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Group 10: Collection of Data (Amendments 18, 32, 19)
Yes, please.
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Group 10: Collection of Data (Amendments 18, 32, 19)
Thank you, Chair. So, amendment 18 seeks to prevent Welsh Ministers from selling data imposed by the requirements under Part 3, chapter 1, collection and sharing of data, of the Bill. I wrote to this committee on 21 October as a result of the questions raised…
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Group 9: Agricultural Tenancies (Amendments 53, 54, 55, 59)
Thank you. Amendment 53: a policy proposal similar to this amendment was subject to a public consultation by the Welsh Government back in 2019, and, whilst many respondents were supportive of the general policy aim, some felt the proposal was too broad and…
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Group 8: Intervention in Agricultural Markets – Input Costs (Amendments 16, 17, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
Thank you, Chair. So, the amendments in this group work in tandem to allow for high agricultural input costs to count as an express form of exceptional market conditions. It would allow financial support to be granted to farmers under section 21. Input costs…
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Group 7: Multi-annual Support Plans (Amendments 14, 15)
Thank you, Chair. Amendment 14, as tabled by Sam Kurtz, introduces a new section, which places a duty on Welsh Ministers to prepare a multi-annual support plan. This would effectively replicate section 4 of the UK Agriculture Act 2020. I'm pleased to say I am…
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Group 6: Recovery of amounts due (Amendments 31, 33, 34)
Yes, please.
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Group 6: Recovery of amounts due (Amendments 31, 33, 34)
Thank you, Chair. Amendments 31, 33 and 34, tabled in my name, are minor technical amendments and built upon existing provisions within the Bill, as it's currently drafted. In my response to recommendation 12 of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution…
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Group 5: Provision of support for farmers (Amendments 8, 9, 30A, 30, 10, 11, 12, 13, 47)
Yes, please.
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Group 5: Provision of support for farmers (Amendments 8, 9, 30A, 30, 10, 11, 12, 13, 47)
Thank you, Chair. The amendments in this group concern proposed changes to the power to provide support under sections 8 and 9. I'll respond to each amendment in turn. I'm pleased to introduce amendment 30, which is tabled in my name. Amendment 8: section…
