Speeches and questions

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Environmental organisations

Okay. Thank you very much indeed. If I can now ask Sarah Murphy to come in to ask a set of questions. Sarah.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Environmental organisations

Okay, thanks. And Rachel.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Environmental organisations

Okay. Thanks. Rhys Evans.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Environmental organisations

Okay. Thank you very much. Can I ask all three of you for your views on the national minimum standards as a regulatory baseline and whether they should maintain the cross-compliance requirements of the common agricultural policy, as actually proposed in the…

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Environmental organisations

Okay. Thanks. And Rachel Sharp.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Environmental organisations

Thank you. Rhys Evans.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Environmental organisations

That's fine.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Environmental organisations

Thank you very much indeed for those introductions. Perhaps I can just kick off with a series of questions regarding the Welsh Government's agriculture Bill and the sustainable farming scheme. Can I just ask for your views, first of all, on the proposed…

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Environmental organisations

Thank you very much. And Rachel Sharp.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Environmental organisations

Thank you very much. Rhys Evans.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Environmental organisations

Welcome back, everyone, to the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. We'll move on to item 5 on the agenda, namely a panel session with environmental organisations to discuss their priorities. In the same manner as the previous panels from farming and…

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

And now we'll take another 15-minute break to prepare for the next session. Thank you very much indeed.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

Thank you very much indeed.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

Okay. Well, thank you very much indeed, both. I'm afraid time has beaten us. The session has now come to an end, so thank you very much indeed for giving up your time this morning. It's been a very informative and useful session. A transcript of today's…

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

Okay, thank you. And Creighton.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

Okay. Thanks for that. And can I ask you both about the transitional periods that are actually set in these regulations? Do you believe that the transitional periods set out in the regulations provide, actually, sufficient time for farm businesses to plan and…

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

Thank you, Vikki. Can I just come back to what you said earlier on, Rachel? I think you've mentioned Scotland a few times, and how it's working well in Scotland, but my understanding is that only 14 per cent of Scotland's geographical area is actually covered…

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

Thank you, Sarah. If I can now bring in Vikki Howells to ask a series of questions, Vikki.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

Okay. Thank you, Luke. If I can now bring in Sarah Murphy to ask her question. Sarah.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

Rachel.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

Yes.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

Yes, thank you very much indeed. Can I now bring in Luke Fletcher to ask a question? Luke.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

Okay.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

Okay. Sam.

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

Do you accept, though, that they are banned here in Wales?