, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of the Agricultural Pollution Regulations
Thank you, Vikki, and I'll now bring back Luke Fletcher. Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of the Agricultural Pollution Regulations
Diolch. Thank you, Luke. If I can now ask Vikki Howells to come in. Vikki.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of the Agricultural Pollution Regulations
And on this, can I just bring in Luke Fletcher? Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of the Agricultural Pollution Regulations
Okay. I'll now bring in Sam Kurtz. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of the Agricultural Pollution Regulations
So, just to be clear then, Minister, you are willing to be flexible, going forward.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of the Agricultural Pollution Regulations
Given the engagement now you are carrying out with stakeholders, is it a signal, therefore, that you are willing, perhaps, to introduce some flexibility into these regulations going forward?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of the Agricultural Pollution Regulations
There we are. Thank you very much indeed for those introductions. Perhaps I can just kick off this session, Minister, with a general question on this issue. Can you just tell us what discussions you've now had with the farming unions, and indeed other…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of the Agricultural Pollution Regulations
We'll move on, therefore, to item 3, which is the review of the agricultural pollution regulations. This is the final evidence session on the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021. Can I welcome the witnesses, the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Paper(s) to note
We will move on, therefore, to item 2 on our agenda, which is papers to note. There are a number of papers to note. I'm not going to go through each one of them, but are there any issues that Members would like to raise in terms of the papers to note? No.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
There we are. Thank you very much. Are there any other declarations of interest? No.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone, to this meeting of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. I have received no apologies this morning. Are there any declarations of interest that Members would like to make at all? Sam Kurtz.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Welsh Economy
Well, Llywydd, I'm not going to take any lectures from the Labour Party when it comes to running the economy. Let's not forget that it was the Deputy Minister for Climate Change that said—and this is what he said— 'For 20 years we’ve pretended we know what…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Welsh Economy
—what action they can take. And I will take an intervention from the Member for Islwyn.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Welsh Economy
Yes, but the statistics are very, very clear, Mike: Wales's businesses pay the highest business rates in the whole of the United Kingdom. That is a fact and a fact that you cannot get away from. Of course, business rates are just one piece of the jigsaw…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Welsh Economy
Well, I'm not sure whether you're a unionist or not, Joyce, to be perfectly honest, after that intervention. I'm a unionist, I believe in the United Kingdom and so should you if you are a member of the so-called Labour unionist party. Now, one of the biggest…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Welsh Economy
I will take an intervention from the Member for Mid and West Wales.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Welsh Economy
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I move the motion tabled in the name of my colleague Darren Millar. Today, our motion reflects the fact that, by many key indicators, the Welsh economy continues to lag behind other parts of the United Kingdom. For example, it's a…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Border Controls
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Can I thank the Minister for his statement this afternoon? I appreciate that the decision to introduce import control checks has been scrapped quickly and without meaningful dialogue with Governments across the UK, and so, as a result…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting
We'll move on, therefore, to item 5 on our agenda. I propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 that the committee resolves to exclude the public from item 6. Are Members content? Yes. I see that Members are content, therefore the motion is agreed and we…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bovine TB panel—Farming Unions
Thank you very much indeed for that offer, Roger, and we will, I'm sure, discuss that, but thank you very much indeed for that.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bovine TB panel—Farming Unions
Thank you, Vikki. I'm afraid time has beaten us, so our session has now come to an end, but on behalf of the committee, can I thank you both for giving up your time this morning? It's been very useful to hear your evidence. A transcript of today's proceedings…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bovine TB panel—Farming Unions
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Luke. If I can now bring in Vikki Howells. Vikki.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bovine TB panel—Farming Unions
Thank you, Sarah. I'll now bring in Luke Fletcher to ask a few questions. Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bovine TB panel—Farming Unions
Roger.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bovine TB panel—Farming Unions
Thanks, Sam. I now bring in Sarah Murphy to ask a few questions. Sarah.
