, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. Thank you. Are there any other questions Members wish to ask? No. Well, therefore, Minister, our session has come to an end. Can I take the opportunity on behalf of the committee to thank you and your team for giving up your time this morning, for being…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
And one final question from me, given that we're discussing EU funding: how is the Welsh Government going to have oversight of post-EU transition going forward? Because the indicative budget shows removal of funding for the rural affairs monitoring and EU…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
So, invoking the dispute resolution process is absolutely the last resort from your perspective.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. Thanks for that. Again, just coming back to replacement EU funding, obviously, the dispute between you as a Government and the UK Government now is well known. Do you think as a Government you will look to invoke the dispute resolution process to…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
And on my first question with regard to the shortcomings of the RDP?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Hefin. Minister, can I just bring you back to our initial discussion today with regard to agricultural support? Can you tell us how you're assessing any shortcomings of the RDP, such as those highlighted by Audit Wales, to ensure best practice for…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Sarah. If I can bring in Hefin David. Hefin.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Luke. If I can now bring in Sarah Murphy. Sarah.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay, thank you. If I can now bring in Luke Fletcher. Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Vikki. Before I bring in Luke Fletcher, I can see that Sam Kurtz wants to just come back in on this. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you for that explanation, and sharing a dashboard with the committee would be very, very useful, so thanks very much for that. If I can now bring in Vikki Howells to ask a set of questions. Vikki.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Sam. Can I just push you a little bit further on this matter, Minister? Obviously, we've just discussed that costs are increasing significantly, which suggests that you'll be slaughtering more animals, because, obviously, of this budget increase…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Vikki. If we can now move on to the topic of animal welfare and if I can bring in Sam Kurtz. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
She is, yes.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Please, yes.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Sorry, Vikki, I think we've just lost you there. I think we've lost Vikki entirely. Yes, I'm afraid we have. But, Minister, she was just asking you, obviously, about the—
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. Thank you, Sam. If I can now bring in Vikki Howells to ask a set of questions. Vikki.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Hefin. Before I bring in Vikki Howells, I believe Sam wants to come back and just ask a question around livestock movement and the support available for that. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay, thank you. If I can now bring in Hefin David. Hefin.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
You said that you were, obviously, trying to find the £106 million shortfall 'where you can' within your portfolio. What do you mean by that?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Sam. Before I bring in Hefin David, you mentioned that you are trying to get the £106 million within your portfolio where you can. What do you mean by that?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
We can, yes.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. Thank you, Minister. Perhaps I can now bring in Sam Kurtz to ask a set of questions. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
And you mentioned, obviously, the programme for government there; will you be setting financial targets alongside your priorities to ensure you're actually on track to achieve what you want to achieve as a Minister?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
And can you tell us how you'll be monitoring the effectiveness of this budget? What outcomes will you want to see and how will you know that this draft budget has been successful in meeting your priorities, going forward?
