, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Minister. It's reassuring to know that, even if there are fewer, they're not treated less equally to other parts of the agricultural industry. Moving forward, you'll be aware that I've raised on numerous occasions the need to safeguard the funding…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, in 2019, the Welsh Government invested £1.29 million to support and grow Wales's pig sector, with Farming Connect saying that pig production was experiencing a resurgence in Wales. Unfortunately, certain global events, such as the…
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UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
I'm grateful for your answers to that question and that's me for questioning. Thank you, Chair.
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UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Okay, excellent. Thank you. And finally, Michael.
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UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Obviously, a devolved administration here in Cardiff, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but this is a trade deal that was fronted by the UK Government, so I'd appreciate your thoughts and opinions on what role the devolved governments have in…
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UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Excellent. Diolch. Over to you, Chair.
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UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Yes, yes. Over to you.
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UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Michael, can you hear us?
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UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Okay, I appreciate that. And, Sam, I can understand now why you suggested Emily go first with such a thorough explanation of that, so thank you, but moving on to you, Sam.
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UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
So, in short, you would say that your assessment of the NFU's concerns aren't replicated by yourself?
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UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Yes, no problem. Emily, over to you.
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UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Good afternoon, all. I just want to reconfirm my links with Wales Federation of Young Farmers Clubs, for the record, and as a beef farmer's son as well, this is obviously something that I've taken close interest in over the last couple of…
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Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Skills sector
Okay, excellent. That's something that we can explore as well from a committee point of view as well. So, I'm happy to hand back to you, Chair. Thank you.
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Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Skills sector
Thank you very much. And, finally, on to you, James.
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Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Skills sector
Iestyn.
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Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Skills sector
That was short. Arwyn.
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Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Skills sector
Diolch, Cadeirydd, and thank you all four for your thorough answers to all the questions so far. So, as I'm conscious of time, I'll keep my question relatively short—but whether you've had any direct input into the development of the action plan for the…
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Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Business representatives
Thank you. Michael.
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Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Business representatives
Is there anybody else within that specific sector? I can see you nodding, David.
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Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Business representatives
Thank you. And, Sara, you mentioned it, with regard to future support or future funding for this sector, you'd rather see support in terms of business rates rather than an injection of cash funding into supporting the businesses. But does anybody else on the…
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Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Business representatives
Thank you. Finally, David.
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Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Business representatives
Excellent. Thank you. Michael.
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Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Business representatives
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Good morning, panel. Thank you for joining us this morning. If we could cast our minds back to just before Christmas when omicron first made itself known and the Welsh Government introduced business support for the period 13 December to 14…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Diolch, Gadeirydd: chair of Pembrokeshire young farmers and director of the Wales Federation of Young Farmers Clubs as a charitable trust.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Making Saint David's Day a bank holiday
As I finish, I reflect on the words of Laugharne's most famous son, Dylan Thomas, who said of Wales, 'The land of my fathers? My fathers can have it!' Dare I say it, Dirprwy Lywydd, the Welsh poet is as wrong now as he was then. Indeed, Wales is the best…
