, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Thank you, Vikki. I now bring in Luke Fletcher to ask a few questions. Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Okay. Thanks very much indeed for that. I'll now bring in Vikki Howells.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Okay. Thanks for that. And Emily.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Can I ask you both about the impact of and the opportunities presented by the agreement's provisions on trade in services, investment and procurement for businesses in Wales? How do you believe these actually differ from those provided for in the UK-Australia…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Thanks. And Emily Rees.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Thank you for those introductions. Perhaps I can just kick off this session with a general question first of all. Maybe you could just outline the impact of and opportunities presented by this agreement on businesses in Wales related to trade in goods…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Thank you very much. And Sam Lowe.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Welcome back. The technical issues have now been resolved. May I once again ask our witnesses to introduce themselves for the record? Then we can move straight to questions from Members. We'll start with Emily Rees.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
I therefore suspend proceedings until we get Sam Lowe back.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
I hope that we can reconnect with Sam Lowe. Do we have technical issues at the moment? If so, perhaps we'll have to postpone proceedings until Sam can reconnect. No, I don't see Sam on my screen, so we will have to take a short break in proceedings until Sam…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
So, we'll move on to item 3 on our agenda, which is considering the free trade agreement between the UK and New Zealand. This session to discuss the impact of the UK and New Zealand trade agreement on Wales with trade experts was postponed from the 26 May…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Papers to note
We move on, therefore, to item 2 on our agenda, which is papers to note. There are a number of papers to note. I'm not going to go through them all, but are there any issues that Members wish to raise arising from these papers at all? I see that there are…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you very much. Anyone else? No.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone, to this final formal meeting of the Senedd's Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee before the recess. The committee is holding an invitation-only stakeholder event at the Royal Welsh Show next Thursday, 21 July, and our next formal…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Young Person’s Guarantee—Ensuring a better future for our young people
Can I thank the Minister for his statement this afternoon? As I've said on previous occasions, I broadly welcome the Welsh Government's intention to provide everyone under 25 in Wales with the offer of work, education, training or self-employment, and today's…
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1277, 'Save A&E. Withybush General Hospital must retain 24 hour, 7 days a week, Consultant Led urgent care'
I'm pleased to take part in this debate and speak in support of the petition to ensure that Withybush hospital retains its A&E department. This petition is not the first to call on the Welsh Government to protect services at Withybush hospital, and ensure…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you for that response. Minister, I recently visited Haverfordwest County AFC with my colleague Laura Anne Jones to learn more about their pre-apprenticeship programme, which is delivered by Achieve More Training. The programme provides local…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
7. Will the Minister make a statement on the delivery of vocational education in Pembrokeshire? OQ58214
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you for that response, Minister. As you know, since March 2020, the daytime paediatric ambulatory care unit at Withybush Hospital has been relocated to Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen. Children in Pembrokeshire have had to travel further for vital…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
1. Will the Minister make a statement on the delivery of health services in Preseli Pembrokeshire? OQ58162
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you for that response, Minister. I recently met with Tom Sawyer, the new chief executive of Milford Haven Port Authority, and its chair, Chris Martin, and we discussed how the port is diversifying its revenue and growing its business investment…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
7. Will the Minister outline the Welsh Government's priorities for businesses in Pembrokeshire over the next 12 months? OQ58161
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Well, of course, I welcome the fact that the Welsh Government is investing in major events, but it is clear to me that the Welsh Government needs a robust forward-looking major events strategy. It's been over two years since the last strategy expired, and…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Well, yes, lessons need to be learnt, Minister, and they need to be learnt very, very quickly. Now, there are several large-scale events coming up, not least of all a major WWE event in September, the first event of its kind in the UK for 30 years, which will…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, a few weeks ago, part of south Wales grinded to a halt, as several major events took place in Cardiff city centre. Now, one report claimed that there were 15-mile-long queues on the M4 from the Severn bridge into Wales, and many…
