, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. Diolch, Llyr. I'll now bring back Samuel Kurtz. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Buffy. I'll now bring in Llyr Gruffydd. Llyr.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Vikki. I'll now bring in Buffy Williams. Buffy.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay, thank you for that. I'll now bring in Vikki Howells. Vikki.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
But you're open to doing that.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you very much. If I can just come back, very, very quickly on the 10 per cent tree cover, just for clarity, obviously, you think that the 10 per cent tree target is not a red line for farmers. If it is a red line for farmers, will you then look to…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Yes, by all means.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Very, very quickly.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thanks. I'll now bring in Samuel Kurtz.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
You mentioned the social value. Are you confident, therefore, that this will offer fair reward for farmers?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Diolch, Llyr. The proposed payment methodology for the SFS is based on costs incurred and income forgone calculations. Farmers are very concerned about this, because it could provide them with no meaningful income. Why have you taken this approach?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Llyr Gruffydd would like to come in on this. Llyr.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
So, you will take on board farmers' views, and there will be changes to the SFS. You can definitely assure us of that.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. Thank you very much for that. Now, moving on to something particularly topical, the sustainable farming scheme consultation. Now, obviously, the consultation closes tomorrow. So, what assurances can you give Members here and, more importantly, the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you for those introductions. Of course, this could well be your last scrutiny session with the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. So, just in case, I just want to put on record the committee's thanks to you and your officials for engaging with…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
We'll move on, therefore, to item 3, which is general ministerial scrutiny of the work of our Ministers, and this is a regular session. The first Minister before us today is the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd. May I extend a very…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Papers to note
We'll move on, then, to item 2, which is papers to note. There are a number of papers to note. Are there any matters arising from those papers at all? I see that there are none.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Anybody else? No.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Anybody else? Llyr Gruffydd.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone, to this meeting of the Senedd's Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. Luke Fletcher has given his apologies for our first session this morning with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd. Llyr Gruffydd will be…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, one way to improve the delivery of health services is to make sure that ambulance response times improve. Now, at the start of this year, I was contacted by a constituent who informed me that her daughter-in-law had waited over an hour and a…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. What is the Welsh Government doing to improve the delivery of health services in Preseli Pembrokeshire? OQ60781
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
We'll now move on to item 6, and I propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 that the committee resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting. Are Members content? Yes, I see that Members are content, so the motion is agreed and…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel 2
Thank you, Sam. Yes, I'm afraid time has beaten us, but thank you both for being with us today. Your evidence will be very important to us in scrutinising the steel industry going forward, so thank you very much. A copy of today's transcript will be sent to…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel 2
Okay. Thank you, Buffy. And, finally, I'm just going to bring in Sam Kurtz. Sam.
