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Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay, thank you very much. If I can now bring in Luke Fletcher. Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Hefin. Minister, you'll be aware that we took some evidence a few weeks ago from trade experts regarding the UK-Australia free trade agreement, and they suggested that the negative impacts had been exaggerated. How do you respond to that?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you. If I can now bring in Hefin David. Hefin.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Vikki, and if I can bring Sam Kurtz in. Sam, you've got a supplementary question you'd like to ask on this topic.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Sam. If I can now bring in Vikki Howells. Vikki.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Sarah. I think I can bring in Sam Kurtz now. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
That's fine, I'll come back to you. If I can bring in Sarah Murphy. Sarah.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I can always come back to you, Sam.
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Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay, thank you very much indeed for that. I'll now bring in Sam Kurtz. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
You touched on the sustainable farming scheme earlier on. It would be helpful if you could, perhaps, update us on progress on testing the sustainable farming scheme proposals in terms of pilot schemes, modelling and impact assessments.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
So, the timetable has slipped, then, as far as the agriculture (Wales) Bill is concerned, because of COVID.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you very much indeed for those introductions, Minister, and perhaps I can just kick off this session with a few questions. Could you give us an update on when the agriculture (Wales) Bill is likely to be introduced by you and by the Government?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
So, we will move on to item 3 on our agenda, which is ministerial scrutiny. Can I welcome the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd and her officials to this general scrutiny session? Can I ask the Minister and her team to introduce…
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Paper(s) to note
We will move on, therefore, to item 2 on our agenda, which is papers to note. We have received a number of papers to note. I'm not going to go through each one, but are there any issues that Members would like to raise at all from the papers to note? No.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
There we are. Thank you very much. Are there any other declarations of interest? No.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone, to this meeting of the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee. I haven't received any apologies this morning. Are there any declarations of interest that Members would like to make at all? Sam Kurtz.
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Update on Digital Strategy
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Can I thank the Deputy Minister for his statement this afternoon. Now, it's thought that 82 per cent of all jobs in the UK require digital skills, and digital access to skills is becoming more and more essential to enabling people to…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can I request an urgent statement from the health Minister on the delivery and performance of ambulance services across Wales? And I'm pleased that the health Minister is in her place to hear this request. As I'm sure you know, the Welsh ambulance…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, as you said, last week the Minister for Economy published the Welsh Government's plan for employability and skills, and as you'll be aware, I have called for a net-zero skills audit, so that we can identify the gaps in skills, information and…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. It gives me great pleasure this afternoon to highlight National Careers Week, and highlight some of the excellent work taking place across Wales in the further education sector. The theme of this year's National Careers Week is the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Minister, I was very privileged to sit on the Finance Committee when it considered the invest-to-save scheme back in 2013, and Members universally recognised the merits of the scheme in helping to deliver better value for money for our public services. Now…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Stronger, Fairer, Greener Wales: A Plan for Employability and Skills
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Can I thank the Minister for his statement this afternoon? Today's statement makes it clear that the Welsh Government's plan for employability and skills will be rooted in the principle of fairness and with the intention of tackling…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting
So, we will move on to item 7 on our agenda now, and I propose, according to Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Are Members all content? Yes, I do see that Members are content. So, the…
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UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Thank you, Sam. And our session has come to an end, so on behalf of the committee, can I take this opportunity to thank you for your time this afternoon? It's been very helpful in us obviously scrutinising this free trade agreement. So, thank you very much…
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UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Sam Kurtz. Sam.
