, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
And James Powell.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
Matt Rees.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Green Economy - Skills Providers
Welcome back to this meeting of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. We will move on now to item 6 on our agenda, and we are now returning to evidence regarding our inquiry into the green economy. We have our fourth panel session today, talking to…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Thank you. I'm afraid our session has come to an end. Thank you both for being with us today. A copy of today's transcript will be sent to you in due course. Please let us know if there are any issues with that. Thank you for being with us. Obviously, your…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Thank you, Luke. I'll now bring in Hefin David.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Thanks, Sam. I'll now bring in Luke Fletcher.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Thanks. Sam Kurtz.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Thank you, Vikki. Before I bring in Samuel Kurtz, I know that Jenny would like to come in on this issue. Jenny.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Thank you, Jenny. I'll now bring in Vikki Howells. Vikki.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Janet Dwyer, you'd like to come in on this.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Thanks, Sam. I'll now bring in Jenny Rathbone.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Before I bring in Jenny Rathbone, I think Samuel Kurtz has a question on this.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Would you want to see more flexibility when it comes to this issue as far as the scheme is concerned?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Obviously, you've seen farmers' concerns around this particular issue. How do you respond to their concerns?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
The Welsh Government says that the 10 per cent tree cover rule was calculated based on your committee's progress report recommendations on tree planting rates and agroforestry targets. Is the 10 per cent tree cover rule appropriate, do you think, to meet your…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
And from your perspective, you believe that you've had sufficient engagement from the Welsh Government.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Thank you very much indeed for those introductions. Perhaps I can kick off this session with a few questions, and perhaps I can ask Mr Richardson a few questions. To what extent do you think the Welsh Government has engaged with your committee when designing…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - External views
Welcome back to this meeting of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. We'll move on now to item 5 on our agenda, and this is our final evidence session today on the sustainable farming scheme. May I extend a very warm welcome to our witnesses?…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - Environmental organisations
Thank you very much. Thank you, Vikki. I'm afraid time has beaten us, so thank you very much indeed for being with us today. Your evidence will be very important to us as a committee in scrutinising the sustainable farming scheme going forward. A copy of…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - Environmental organisations
We have Rhys Evans and Rhys Owen. Rhys Evans first.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - Environmental organisations
Anyone else on this? Andrew.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - Environmental organisations
Alex.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - Environmental organisations
Okay. Thank you, Jenny. I know we've only got a few minutes left, so I want to bring in Vikki Howells. Vikki.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - Environmental organisations
Okay. Rhys Evans would like to come in, very briefly, on this. Rhys.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - Environmental organisations
Okay. Thank you. Back to you, Jenny.
