, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you, Chair. Moving on to local food plans, could the requirement for public bodies to produce local food plans, with support from the Welsh food commission, improve co-ordinated local-level implementation of food policy?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
And are there any particular mechanisms, then, that are used by Welsh Government to ensure oversight and join-up? Or is it about those individual strong working relationships that you’ve already alluded to?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
We’ve already touched on the complexities of food policy and acknowledged the fact that the majority of stakeholders don’t believe that Welsh Government policy is sufficiently joined up, but I’d just like to explore that a little further. A Food Research…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you, Chair, and good morning, Minister.
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: Fair Work: Annual Progress and Priorities
Thank you, Deputy Minister, for your statement today. As a former teacher, I particularly welcome your comment around the new curriculum and unions in the place of work. Linking an understanding of workplace rights to career guidance is fundamentally the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: The Innovation Strategy
Thank you, Minister. I was really pleased to read the strategy showing how we're seeking to embed innovation across all aspects of Government; it's a very welcome approach, and I think it shows why innovation is vital both for our economy and for other…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting
So, I now propose, then, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 that the committee resolves to exclude the public from items 7 to 10. Are all Members content? Yes. Okay, the motion has been agreed.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Appointment of temporary Chair
Okay. Any other nominations? No. Then I declare that Darren Millar has been appointed temporary Chair for the duration of the Chair’s absence on medical leave, and he will take his seat at the beginning of our next meeting.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Appointment of temporary Chair
In that case, then, as discussed, we will proceed now to a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting. But, just prior to that, as discussed at the beginning of the meeting, Paul has started a period of…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill - Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum
The next item on our agenda is the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill supplementary legislative consent memorandum. This relates to a Bill introduced to the UK Parliament on 22 September of last year. The LCM for this Bill was laid on 29 November…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay. Well, I’d like to thank all our witnesses for attending this morning. A transcript of today’s meeting will be forwarded to you all when available. So, that’s the end of that session. Thank you very much.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay, thank you. Anything else, Kelly?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you, Elaine.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay, I'll just check if any Members have any follow-up questions that they wish to ask at this stage. No. And do any members of our panel feel that there's anything else we should be aware of before we conclude the session—if there's anything that you wanted…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay. I'll bring Sam Kurtz back in now, then.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay. That's a 'yes' to that question, Sarah.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you. Elaine.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Pauline.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Kelly.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you. Obviously, resource is a key issue, and I can see your answers have already started to touch on that, but I'll bring in Sarah Murphy now, who has a discrete question on resourcing.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay, thank you very much. I'll bring in Luke Fletcher again now.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
And, Elaine, would the British Nutrition Foundation have a view on this?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Pauline.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thanks, Sam. Kelly and Pauline, you've already touched on the pressures facing our local authorities, and I note that the explanatory memorandum to the Bill says that public bodies currently place food policy behind other responsibilities due to pressure and…
