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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting
Therefore, I will move on to item 8 and, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, I propose that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Are Members content? Yes, I see that Members are content. Therefore, the motion…
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Consideration of the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill
We'll therefore move on to item 7 on our agenda, which is consideration of the legislative consent memorandum on the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill. Again, we should note that 21 October is the reporting deadline and, again, the committee, of…
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Consideration of the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill
Therefore, we move on to item 6 on our agenda, which is consideration of the legislative consent memorandum on the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill. We should note, of course, that 14 October is the deadline for reporting on this. The committee intends to…
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 2
Thank you, Carolyn. I'm afraid time has certainly beaten us in this session, but can I take this opportunity, on behalf of the committee, to thank all of you for giving up your time today? This session has been an interesting and a very useful session, so…
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 2
Thank you, Vikki. And finally, if I can ask Carolyn Thomas to ask a few questions. Carolyn.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 2
Diolch, Sam. If I can now ask Vikki Howells to ask her set of questions—Vikki.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 2
Diolch. We've got quite a few questions to get through and I'm just conscious that time is marching on, so if I can ask everyone to be as succinct as possible. If I can bring in Sam Kurtz now to ask a few questions. Sam.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 2
Thank you, Hefin. If we move on now to Luke Fletcher who's going to ask a set of questions. Luke.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 2
Thank you very much for that. If I can now bring Hefin David in to ask a few questions. Hefin.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 2
Thank you. David.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 2
Thank you, Suzy. Sara.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 2
Thank you very much indeed for being with us this morning. Perhaps I can just kick off with a couple of questions regarding, perhaps, the significant challenges that businesses are actually facing at the moment. What do you think are the significant…
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 2
Thank you. And David Chapman.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 2
Diolch. Sara Jones.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 2
Welcome back to the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. We'll move on now to item 5. This is the second of our introductory sessions today examining the issues facing the hospitality, tourism and retail sectors in light of the pandemic, and the best…
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 1
Thank you, Carolyn. Well, I'm afraid time has beaten us, so, on behalf of the committee, can I take this opportunity to thank both of you for giving up your time this morning? It's been very, very useful; it's been a useful session for us as a committee…
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 1
And Paul Slevin.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 1
Thank you, Vikki. And finally, Carolyn Thomas has just a few questions to ask. Carolyn.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 1
Thank you very much. I'm conscious that time is marching on, so if I can ask everybody to be as succinct as possible. I now bring Vikki Howells in to ask her set of questions. Vikki.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 1
Very, very briefly. I'm conscious time is marching on.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 1
If we can move on, then, to Sam Kurtz. Sam, you've got a few questions.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 1
And Ben Cottam.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 1
Okay. Thank you, Hefin. If I can now ask Luke Fletcher to come in. Luke.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 1
Thanks very much for that. If I can now ask Hefin David to come in, who has got a set of questions—Hefin.
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Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 1
Mr Slevin, would you like to add something to that?