, 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 Luke Fletcher. Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay, thank you very much. 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
Back to you, Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Right. So, what work are you doing now, then, at this stage, to review those regulations? Because 2025 isn't that far away.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
And with regard to reviewing the regulations, again, can I just be clear on this? When do you actually intend to review these regulations? Because you've said up to four years; am I right in therefore saying four years from when you actually introduced them…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
You would.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
But just to clarify again, then, because, obviously, in the letter, you suggest that you'd only introduce those alternative technologies when you're actually reviewing the regulations. But that's not the case, then—you would actually look at alternatives…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Can I just clarify that, then, Minister? Because, obviously, in your letter, I think you said that you would obviously review alternative technologies, for example, during the review of the regulations, and I think you intend to review these regulations in up…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
So, those discussions are ongoing then, Minister.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. Thanks, Sarah. I'll now bring back Sam Kurtz. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Yes, that will be very useful, thank you very much. Sarah.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Sorry, Sarah, just before you go on, I think, Sam, you just want to come in very, very briefly on this.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Hefin. I'll now bring in Sarah Murphy. Sarah.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Sam. I’ll now bring in Hefin David. Hefin.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. I'll now bring in Sam Kurtz. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
So, if you do develop a different approach, perhaps, rather than a different scheme, would this be ready before you intend to phase out the basic payment scheme payments?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Now, if the sustainable farming scheme is found not to be a workable model for common land farming, will you look to develop an alternative scheme for common land farmers?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
You mentioned the co-design phase. Have you consulted the co-design group on these payment scales?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you very much indeed for those introductions, and perhaps I can just kick off this session with some questions. Can I just, first of all, ask you, Minister, has your ambition or focus of the sustainable farming scheme been altered following development…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Welcome back this meeting of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs at the Senedd. We'll move on now to item 4 on our agenda, which is the general ministerial scrutiny of the work of the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd. May I welcome…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Diolch, Luke. I'm afraid that time has beaten us, so our session has come to an end. Thank you, Minister, and your team, for giving up your time to be with us here today. A copy of today's transcript, obviously, will be sent to you in due course, so if there…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Diolch, Sam. I'll bring in Luke. Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
And I'll bring in Sam Kurtz. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Thank you, Hefin. Before I bring in Sam Kurtz, obviously you mentioned that the relationships have improved as far as trade deals are concerned. So, do you feel that your voice is being heard, then, in these discussions?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Thank you, Vikki. I'll now bring back Hefin David. Hefin.
