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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Simon.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Thank you, Sarah. I'll now bring in Hefin David. Hefin.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Katie.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Terry?
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Thank you for that. I'll now bring in Sarah Murphy. Sarah.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Okay. Katie.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Anyone else on that?
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Thank you, Simon, and you mentioned there duplication, and this proposed Bill doesn't actually duplicate any other pieces of legislation, but do you believe that the Bill suitably complements existing and developing legislation? And the reason I ask that…
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Thank you. And Simon Wright.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Okay, thank you for that. Terry Marsden.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Thank you very much indeed for those introductions, and perhaps I can just kick off this session, first of all just by asking a very general question: how do you respond to the view that existing policy and legislation could be used to achieve this proposed…
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Thank you very much for that. And Terry Marsden.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Thank you. Katie Palmer.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Welcome back to this meeting of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. We'll move now to item 4 on our agenda this morning, and this is the second evidence session that the committee's holding to consider the general principles of the Food (Wales)…
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
We’ll now take a short break to prepare for the next session. Thank you.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Okay. Thank you very much indeed. I’m afraid time has beaten us. So, can I, on behalf of the committee, thank you, Peter, and your team for being with us this morning? Your contributions will be very helpful and useful for us in scrutinising this proposed…
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Sam.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Diolch, Sam. We started this session by asking you about how this proposed Bill actually fits in with Welsh legislation. Can you tell us how you believe the Bill aligns with legislation and policy across the UK? And to what extent did you consider the UK food…
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
I'll now bring in Sam Kurtz.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Tyler.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Okay. Thanks for that. I know that Sarah Murphy would like to come in on this. Sarah.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Elfyn.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Okay. Now, you set out several expectations in the explanatory memorandum on how duties will be performed—for example, that the national food strategy and local food plans should be co-produced, though this, again, is not a statutory requirement. How will…
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Diolch, Luke. Now, the regulatory impact assessment says, 'there will be a need for hands-on guidance to be provided by the Food Commission.' However, there is no statutory duty to seek the commission’s guidance. Did you consider statutory guidance to be a…
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Elfyn.
