, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
So, as you know, at the moment, we are co-designing the sustainable farming scheme. There will be a significant amount of detail in that scheme, and we're—. What's the date today? Is it the twenty-first?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
So, I go back to what I was saying before about making sure that we futureproof it; there's the flexibility in the future as well. But what the Bill has been developed to do is to support the agricultural sector now and in the future. So, I think I am…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Yes. I'll pass to James.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
So, it's the four objectives that we've outlined in this Bill. So it's food, it's your ecosystems, it's the social, cultural—and I've lost one—climate.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
The definition that we've used?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
We'll use the affirmative procedure.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
So, the short answer to your question is 'No'. Obviously, there'll be affirmative procedures, so it'll have to have significant scrutiny by the Senedd. I think what's important to note here is that, unlike the UK Government's Agriculture Act 2020, the Bill's…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
No, not at all. No, not at all do I think the Bill is less precise. The Welsh Government defined 'sustainable land management' within the context of this Bill through four SLM objectives in section 1. What this Bill is about is made-in-Wales agricultural…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Good morning.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
I'll go over to Dorian, I think.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
So, for the two justice impact assessments undertaken with regard to the snares and glue traps, and also the forestry, we concluded, along with the Ministry of Justice, who we did engage with, that the Bill will have nil or minimum impact to the justice…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Sorry, could you repeat that, Mike?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Yes, absolutely. We've published a full integrated impact assessment, and that does include our assessment of the impact of the Bill on human rights.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
I suppose one example in relation to specific human rights would be the safeguarding around powers of duty. So, if there are any powers of entry into a private dwelling, for instance, that that would require a warrant from a Justice of the Peace.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Account has been taken of convention rights issues in preparing the Bill, and I'm very satisfied that where provisions of the Bill have engaged with convention rights, any interference with those rights has pursued a legitimate aim. They're very necessary and…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
We discussed our policy at the Royal Welsh Show whereas the other countries had brought their policies forward as well. So, there's been a significant number of discussions, not permissions sought or anything like that, but the fact that we were all having…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
So, in relation to discussions around the Bill, obviously, I've just said that agriculture is wholly devolved. So, I think as soon as we left the European Union, it was very apparent that we would all have our own agricultural policies and legislation. So, we…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Yes, I am. Agriculture is wholly devolved, and certainly, that's my assessment; I'm very satisfied that it is, and obviously the Llywydd is as well.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
I'll let them do it. I'll start over there with Bill.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Thank you very much, and we'll send you the note on the two issues that we promised.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
So, if you look at power to provide, it's 'h'—in terms of power to provide.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
I'm going to let you answer.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Yes, absolutely. There's always been that recognition, you're quite right. And it was interesting—. If you think about, apart from the Royal Welsh Show, the Pembrokeshire show and the Anglesey show, two areas where the 10 per cent tree coverage was…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Well, that's why we want as many farmers as possible to be in the scheme. I want more than currently access the basic payment scheme, because then, obviously, we can monitor the environmental outcomes that we all want and that we all need in relation to…
