, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Can I just ask, then—sorry, Chair, this is my final point—who appoints? Is it the chair appointing the board? Is it Welsh Government appointing the chair and the board? What's the appointment process?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
In carrying that forward then—you mentioning the commission and the level of expertise there—what provision have you provided in the Bill to ensure that there isn't a cliff edge of loss of that intelligence, loss of that expertise, should the chair and the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
And it's an important point then that the Welsh Government isn't subcontracting some of the decision making away in terms of scrutiny, because that gives us, as backbenchers, the opportunity, when it comes to the policy elements of this, that we are able to…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
So, on that point, then, given the expertise that you're foreseeing on the commission, wouldn't it, as some of the respondents have suggested, make more sense for them to come up with the strategy, rather than Welsh Ministers, given the expertise available?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
So, in terms of the sheer scale of the work, is that why you've decided against an individual commissioner to head up the food commission, rather than what you've suggested in terms of a broader food commission?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Specifically around the food commission, it's been suggested by some in the evidence that this is something that the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales could undertake. So, I'm just wondering why you, through the food Bill, are…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Diolch, Cadeirydd. In terms of food goals specifically, when we were researching the inquiry into the agricultural Bill, we took evidence on a committee away day from Carwyn Graves, the author of Welsh Food Stories, looking at the history of food, and how…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I'm an honorary member of the British Veterinary Association.
, Plenary
Short Debate: Developing the hydrogen energy sector in Wales
I'm grateful to the Member for Aberconwy, Janet Finch-Saunders, for giving me a minute of her time. I'm pleased that she mentioned RWE in my constituency of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire and their hydrogen project. I'd be delighted to welcome you…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Offshore renewable energy
I'm sorry, Minister, I'm not being patronising—[Interruption.] I'm not being patronising. The UK has generated only 3 per cent of the global human carbon dioxide output, yet, as Andrew R.T. Davies said, we've got the largest, second largest, third largest and…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Offshore renewable energy
Absolutely. I’m very grateful to the Member for that intervention, and I share with him his delight in that announcement by the Secretary of State for Wales. It would have been nice had the Minister mentioned that in her statement earlier, advocating…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Offshore renewable energy
I’ll happily take an intervention from the Member for South Wales West.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Offshore renewable energy
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I’ve responded to the Minister before on a debate where I’ve agreed with so much of what she said, and, for 30 seconds this afternoon, I agreed with nigh on 100 per cent of it, and then I felt, Minister, you really did miss the aim of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Excellent. I'll pass that information on to the new chief executive of Wales YFC, who starts very shortly. But if we are to bring new entrants into the industry, Minister, then we must ensure that safety and welfare is enshrined within the sector's work…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you. I know that the farmers in Wales who are signed up to the Glastir scheme will welcome that call. During lockdown, we saw the rise of the farmer influencer on social media platforms. With a new ITV Wales series, Born to Farm, and the presence of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, in September 2021, you announced that the basic payment scheme and Glastir funding for advanced, common and organic would continue until December of this year, 2023. Rightly, you've always stressed that Welsh farmers won't face a…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
I must admit, I'm afraid I have to disagree with the Minister and the Welsh Government on why they have laid this LCM today and believe that this is a waste of the Senedd's time, and I'm not the only one who believes so. The technicalities of the Bill, as set…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Prif Weinidog. And can I begin by welcoming the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society's rural leadership programme group, who are in the public gallery this afternoon? Prif Weinidog, this evening, I have the immense honour of hosting a cross-party…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
1. How is the Welsh Government supporting renewable energy projects in the Celtic sea? OQ58979
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Okay. So, with regard to setting your allocations for supporting regional economic development for 2023-24, and ensuring the greatest impact—bang for your buck—how have you taken into consideration the activities of the shared prosperity fund, city and growth…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
So, in terms of this £10 million capital allocation, that's specifically targeted, then, surely, at your SMEs rather than your big industrial units, your main polluters, potentially, across the south Wales corridor, for example, because £10 million wouldn't…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Sadly, Minister, I've not been to North America. But, moving on, in terms of the Development Bank of Wales, with regard to its funding and support for decarbonisation of businesses specifically, how was the £10 million capital allocation for 2023-24 decided?…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Interesting that marketing was one element you mentioned there. That coincides with the potential tourism tax, which I think would double hit the economy. I know you and I disagree on this. But, seeing that if Welsh Gov is going to be marketing Wales less…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you. With regard to the £10.6 million that is allocated to the tourism resource budget expenditure line for 2023-24, this is down £1.3 million, or 11 per cent in cash terms, compared to the final budget in 2022–23. What impact do you think this will…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Fab. Because, looking at the likes of Next, Whitbread plc, which, obviously, runs Premier Inn, Sainsbury's and JD Sports, their stocks are recovering very well from 2022. They're all retail, so I'm wondering—this recession period could be potentially…
