, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
If I may, Chair, just come back.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Moving on to support for third-party schemes, there have been points raised that, historically, a higher proportion of funding in the third-party schemes went to the administration, rather than direct support. Is there a risk, then, that…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Thank you, Chair. Just to come back and develop on Llyr's final point, when we were taking evidence from those from the wider food supply chain, they said the objectives are nebulous, stating there's no strong vision for the food industry. I'm just wondering…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
But that's a 'could'. It's not defined that it 'should' include all four sustainable land management objectives within one project.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Okay, thank you. Concerns were raised with us that the Bill as drafted could result in one objective being cherry-picked to the exclusion of others. I'm just wondering what's to stop future Ministers favouring one over the other, and would you consider…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Okay. Thank you. In terms of the wider community involved with agriculture, it's one industry where the prevalence of Welsh speakers is highest. Have you had discussions with your counterparts within Government—Jeremy Miles, for example, or Julie James, who…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Staying with the SLM but focusing on its objectives, Minister, I was wondering if you and your team have considered the following additional SLM objectives, suggested by stakeholders: firstly, on the wider food system to promote shorter…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Director of Wales YFC.
, Plenary
Short Debate: Horse-racing: An economic and sporting asset for Wales
I'm grateful for the Member giving me time in his debate, because it is vitally important that, as someone who grew up riding horses—not as proficiently as a certain Member of Parliament who's taking a vacation in a certain jungle at the moment—I was one of…
, Plenary
Debate on the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee Report— 'Cost of living pressures'
I'm grateful to all those who contributed towards the formation of this committee's report. As we've heard already this afternoon, this is an issue of huge pertinence to families and households right across Wales. But as this report rightly notes, the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
I'm grateful to Cefin Campbell for tabling this question, specifically in relation to the significance of strong inter-governmental relations between the UK, Welsh, and, of course, local governments. Minister, on the topic of inter-governmental discussions…
, Plenary
Debate: Welsh Language Commissioner's Annual Report 2021-22
I’m grateful to the Government for allocating time to debate this important report, and I’d like to echo the Minister’s words and pay tribute to Aled Roberts. Aled was an excellent person, not only a talented politician, but a compassionate public servant who…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Water Quality
I'm grateful to you, Minister, for your statement this afternoon. I was indeed particularly pleased to hear the reference to the number of current initiatives, including the one in Carmarthenshire County Council and this newly developed nutrient calculator…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Can I please ask for a statement from yourself as rural affairs Minister and the Minister for Climate Change on the eye-watering increases to the Natural Resources Wales regulatory fees and charges? As per the NRW consultation on permits and licences, the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thanks to the generosity of the Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society, over an acre of land has been gifted to the local community to grow their own fruit and vegetables, enabling some 40 Pembrokeshire residents from across all generations to tend to their own…
, Plenary
Debate on the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee Report—'Raising the Bar: Securing the future of Hospitality, Tourism and Retail'
I would like to begin this afternoon's contribution by echoing the comments of all my fellow committee members by thanking everyone who contributed and the clerking team in compiling this report. It comes at an incredibly pivotal time for the hospitality and…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
I'm grateful to the Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr for submitting this question, because many of the circumstances that he described are applicable to my constituency of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire as well. But it's also important to note…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9
Thank you. Thank you very much, both. Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9
Okay, helpful. Thank you. Anything to add, Ludivine?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9
No. And then finally from me, marketing standards and carcass classifications, which fall under Part 3, Chapters 2 and 3. In your view, could the UK Internal Market Act 2020 impact the effect of the provisions on marketing standards or carcass…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9
Okay. That's really helpful. Ludivine, anything to add?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9
Fab. Thank you, Chair, I'm very grateful. In terms of consulting with fellow UK Ministers, is there a role for the Bill to support further UK co-ordination in terms of Welsh Ministers consulting with UK counterparts, or indeed—? I know it's necessarily not…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9
Okay, interesting. I'm conscious of time, Chair, so, in terms of the final questions, is there opportunity for the witnesses to provide written evidence on the following questions that I've not had time to ask?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9
Okay. That's helpful, thank you. Moving on to common frameworks, do common frameworks provide enough of a mechanism for UK co-ordination on matters relevant to the Bill? Who wants to come in here?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9
Yes, of course. Mary.
