, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 1
Well, thank you very much and thank you for being with us this morning. If I can kick off with some questions, perhaps you'd be kind enough to tell us what are the most significant challenges or concerns facing Welsh businesses at the moment, and what action…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 1
Mr Slevin.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Issues facing Welsh Businesses - Focus on Hospitality, Tourism and Retail: Evidence session 1
Welcome back to the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. This is the first of two introductory sessions today where we will examine the issues facing the hospitality, tourism and retail sectors in light of the pandemic, and the best ways of assisting…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Right, we will now take a 10-minute break, so Members can grab a coffee. Thank you very much.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Okay. Thank you, Sam. Are there any other questions from Members at all? No, I can see that there are no longer any questions, so this session therefore has come to an end. Can I take this opportunity on behalf of the committee to thank you both for giving up…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Thank you, Luke. Are there any other questions from Members? Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Okay, thank you, Hefin. And Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Hefin, you wanted to come in on perhaps some of the earlier issues discussed under this section.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Yes, by all—
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Okay. Thank you very much. I've got a number of Members who would like to come in on this issue, so if I can ask Carolyn Thomas to come in first of all. Carolyn.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Yes, by all means.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Okay. If we move on, then. Sam Kurtz. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Thank you, Vikki. If I can bring Luke Fletcher in. Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
I can see that Luke Fletcher just wants to come in briefly on this issue.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Okay. Thanks, Hefin. Before I bring Vikki in, I know Sam has a very brief question he'd like to ask on this issue.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Okay. Thank you. If I can now bring Hefin David in. Hefin.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Right. Okay. Anything else, Carolyn?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
As far as resources are concerned, how much resource do you think and anticipate you will require in order to make sure that you’ll be able to carry our your duties under these new regulations? Do you have any idea of the resources you'd actually require?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Yes, we will. Thank you, Hefin. If I can now bring Carolyn Thomas in who's got a set of questions. Carolyn.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Okay. I know that Hefin David would like to come in on this as well—Hefin.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Okay, thanks. I see that Sam Kurtz would like to come in on this. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
So, you can't really tell us whether they've worked or not in those cases.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Right. Obviously, in the past, some nitrate vulnerable zones have actually been introduced for certain areas. Would you say that those NVZs have worked and you've seen a decrease in the number of incidents in those particular areas?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Mr Vaughan, yes.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Okay. Thank you very much indeed for that. Perhaps I can kick off with just a few questions to start off with. Can you as an organisation perhaps provide us with an overview of the extent of water pollution incidents over the last five years? What has been…
