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Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Farming Unions
We'll move on, therefore, to item 3, which is a review of the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021. In June this year, the Senedd voted unanimously that a responsible committee should urgently review these regulations…
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Paper(s) to note
Are there any other further issues arising from the papers? No.
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Paper(s) to note
No, that's a fair point. Yes, I quite agree with you, we need to keep that on the agenda.
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Paper(s) to note
Therefore, we move on to item 2 on the agenda, namely papers to note. We've had a letter from the Chair of Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Minister for Finance and Local Government regarding the Agricultural Land Tribunal Wales annual…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you very much. Anybody else? No.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning and welcome, all, to this meeting of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee of the sixth Senedd. I haven't received any apologies this morning. Are there any interests that Members would like to declare? Sam Kurtz.
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Statement by the Minister for Economy: The Young Person’s Guarantee
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you for your statement, Minister. I’m pleased to hear that there has been some progress in rolling out the young person’s guarantee, and that more and more young people across Wales are now able to access opportunities…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, First Minister, the reason that routine testing of NHS staff is so important, and, of course, regular testing in the community, is because people have lost loved ones to COVID-19. In Wales, one in four COVID deaths are from hospital-acquired infections…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, you know as well as I do that there's simply no scientific evidence to show that COVID passes are effective. The chief medical officer himself has said that the actual direct impact of COVID passes is probably quite small, so there is no…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Llywydd. First Minister, later this week you will give the Welsh Government's latest review of COVID-19 in Wales. Of course, during this current review period, the Welsh Government has pushed ahead with further measures in the form of COVID passes to…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting
I move on to item 7 on the agenda, and I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Are all Members content? Yes, I see that all Members are indeed content. The…
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Consideration of Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill
We'll move on now to item 6 on our agenda to consider the legislative consent memorandum for the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill. Considering the reporting deadline of 18 November, the committee intends to…
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Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Animal Welfare
Thank you, Sarah. I'm afraid time has beaten us. We did have a few other questions for you. We will write to you, asking your views on those particular questions in due course, but I just want to take this opportunity, on behalf of the committee, to thank all…
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Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Animal Welfare
Thank you, Vikki. I'm conscious, obviously, that time is marching on, so if I can just ask you all just to be as succinct as possible. I'd now like to ask Sarah Murphy just to ask a few questions. Sarah.
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Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Animal Welfare
Diolch, Sam. If I can now ask Vikki Howells to come in. Vikki.
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Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Animal Welfare
Great. Thank you very much. If I can now bring in Sam Kurtz to ask a few questions—Sam.
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Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Animal Welfare
Thank you, Hefin. Yes, indeed. If I can now bring Luke Fletcher in to ask a series of questions. Luke.
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Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Animal Welfare
Thank you very much indeed for those introductions. Before we go into our session, I would just like to remind Members that certain tragic events that happened in Caerphilly on Monday of this week may be sub judice. I would remind Members and indeed witnesses…
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Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Animal Welfare
Thank you. And Paula Boyden.
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Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Animal Welfare
And Madison Rogers next.
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Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Animal Welfare
Welcome back to the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee meeting. We move on now to item 5 on our agenda to discuss the priorities for animal welfare in Wales. As with the previous panel, this follows committee consultation with stakeholders over the…
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Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Yes, I'm happy for that. There we are. Okay, well, the session therefore has come to an end. Can I take this opportunity on behalf of the committee to thank all of you for giving up your time today? It's been very, very useful to hear what you've got to say…
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Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Diolch, Luke. We are overrunning, as far as time is concerned, but perhaps—. Sam Kurtz has got one question on bovine tuberculosis.
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Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you very much, and if I could ask you to be as succinct as possible, please.
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Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you very much, Sarah. If I can now bring in Luke, can you all be as succinct as possible as well? Because we've got probably around 10 minutes left, so I'd appreciate it if you could be as succinct as possible. Luke.
