, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Helpful. Kelly.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay. In terms, then, of the potential membership of the commission, are the panel content with what the Bill suggests? Are there any vacancies that should be filled, or those included that should be excluded? Elaine, we'll start with you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay, thank you. Pauline.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay. Previous panels and evidence have suggested that a food commissioner would be a flag-bearer for this and for what this is looking to be achieving, rather than a commission with a chair and a board. Which would be your preference in that instance?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay, that's helpful, Kelly, thank you. Elaine.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay, but, in terms of the role of a commission, putting a commission to a side, whether its role—. Is that desirable?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Yes, of course. Kelly.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you very much, Chair. I'm looking to discuss the food commission with the panel, and wondering whether the panel sees a need for a food commission and, if so, what the make-up of that commission would look like. We'll start with Pauline.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Thank you for that. Thank you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay. Thank you. Eryl.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay. Thank you. Angela.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay. Thank you. Amanda.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Finally, what would happen if this Bill isn't successful? I know that's quite a 'what if' question. Ceriann.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay. Thank you. Eryl.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Such as?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Excellent. Angela.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Excellent. Amanda.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Thank you very much, Chair. I'd ask the panel whether they've identified any possible unintended consequences from the Bill. We'll start in the same order. Ceriann.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Excellent. Thank you, panel. Thank you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Thank you, Eryl. Just on that point, then, you'd agree with Betsi Cadwaladr over Swansea Bay University Health Board in terms of the food industry representatives being an integral part of that food commission.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay, that's helpful. Eryl, I can see your hand coming up.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay. And that scope then within the future generations commissioner would have enough around the procurement, as mentioned in the food Bill as well, not just the public health side of it, but the additional parts that this overarching framework looks to have…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
So, just noting your opening comments to the Chair around the well-being of future generations Act and the commissioner we've got in that role, given the breadth of what this Bill is looking to deliver, could you morph something from something that exists, or…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
That's helpful, thank you. Angela.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Nice plug at the end as well. [Laughter.] Just building on that theme, Amanda: would you say, then, that this body would have a food commissioner at its head, or a chair and board members, as it were? What would the formation of that look like? Because we've…
