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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
There’s going to be another avenue for them to access it.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. Yes, and then just on that, you mentioned the sort of cliff-top farms of Pembrokeshire; it wouldn’t be possible to grow that. So, does that mean that a finance scheme is unavailable for those farms, if they can’t comply with the 10 per cent tree…
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
So, are hedgerows being counted in that 10 per cent coverage?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. On what evidence is that being brought forward; on what basis?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. Sticking with the SFS, is 10 per cent coverage of tree planting still going to be a fundamental part of the SFS?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Pre shows would be good, I'm sure.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I was going to ask on the timetable.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Minister, firstly, thank you for attending the future food and farming event in the Senedd yesterday evening. One of NFU Cymru's future generation farmers who spoke, Carys Jones, mentioned this cliff edge of BPS payments coming to an end…
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
So, just finally on free ports from me, Minister, I was just wondering if you could tell us how you are incorporating fair work and social partnership within the free ports, and what thought you'd given to how the workers' consultative fora will operate.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
So, in terms of the free ports, then, the good working towards the end of the free-port process between both UK and Welsh Government—and I note the great imagery of the First Minister and the Prime Minister at Holyhead when it was announced—is that being…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Helpful. So, obviously, there's been a lot of engagement with local authorities. I'm thinking of the Celtic Freeport bid, two local authorities are key stakeholders within that. What engagement have you had with the finance and local government Minister…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
So that's spring of next year—spring of 2024.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
I appreciate that. Moving on to free ports, something that you'll be aware I've been a passionate advocate for, and I've spoken to you in the Chamber and privately on on a number of occasions. In your written evidence, you set out the next steps for Wales's…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
You mentioned publishing a report then—what's the timeline for that publication?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
So, what's your assessment of the Windsor framework on the implementation of BCPs? I've taken a bit of interest in the Windsor framework given that there's a port in my constituency and what opportunities may present themselves from that. What's your…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
So, where did the January 2024 date come from as a suggestion for going live?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Morning, Minister. I'm going to start with border control posts, BCPs. I was just wondering if you could update the committee on the BCPs, including your preparedness to go live in January of next year.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I'm an honorary member of the British Veterinary Association.
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Report Stage for the Agriculture (Wales) Bill
I'm grateful to get one final chance to speak on this matter before the Agriculture (Wales) Bill passes to Stage 4. Whilst I appreciate that a voting error made on the Government benches during the Stage 3 debate has brought this back to the Chamber today…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Minister, and yes, you mentioned that it was scrutinised, and we’re grateful for the work that Audit Wales did back in 2020 to bring that to light. But, finally, you recently made a joint announcement with the Minister for Climate Change regarding…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you for those reassurances, Minister, but if we are being honest, the Welsh Government has a bit of a chequered history when delivering the rural development plan. In June 2020, Audit Wales identified that key aspects of the design, operation and…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, the recent Audit Wales report highlighted that, at the end of March, £58 million remained unspent from the rural development programme, with the deadline for spending this money being the end of this year. How confident are you that…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Quality Statement for Diabetes
I'm very grateful to the Minister for bringing this quality statement for diabetes forward today, and she just touched in her previous answer around the more rare form of diabetes, type 3c. I declare an interest, Dirprwy Lywydd, as my father was diagnosed…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Can I call for an oral or written statement from the Minister for Climate Change on the rules around retrospective planning applications, enforcements and appeals, please? I have an issue within my constituency where a retrospective planning application was…
