Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 5 Ty Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 3 March 2022

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Robert Donovan

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEconomy@senedd.wales


Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting (09:15-09:30)

 

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Public Meeting (09:30-14:00)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09:30)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Paper(s) to note

(09:30)                                                                                                             

 

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2.1   Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

                                                                                                             (Page 1)

Attached Documents:
Provisional Frameworks

 

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2.2   Letter from Chair of Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

                                                                                                     (Pages 2 - 3)

Attached Documents:
Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No.2) –Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

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2.3   Letter from Chair of Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee

                                                                                                     (Pages 4 - 5)

Attached Documents:
Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill

 

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2.4   Letter from Chair of Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee

                                                                                                     (Pages 6 - 7)

Attached Documents:
Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Professional Qualifications Bill

 

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2.5   Letter from Minister for Economy

                                                                                                     (Pages 8 - 9)

Attached Documents:
Ministerial Forum for Trade

 

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2.6   Letter from Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

                                                                                                 (Pages 10 - 11)

Attached Documents:
Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

 

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2.7   Letter from Chair of Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

                                                                                                           (Page 12)

Attached Documents:
The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

 

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2.8   Letter from Chair of Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

                                                                                                 (Pages 13 - 15)

Attached Documents:
Provisional Common Framework: Late Payment

 

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2.9   Letter from Chair of Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee

                                                                                                           (Page 16)

Attached Documents:
Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (No.2) on the Subsidy Control Bill

 

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2.10Letter from Minister for Education and Welsh Language

                                                                                                 (Pages 17 - 19)

Attached Documents:
Committee report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No 2) on the Professional Qualifications Bill

 

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2.11Letter from Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

                                                                                                           (Page 20)

Attached Documents:
Setting out the scrutiny period for  the Joint Fisheries Statement (JFS)

 

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2.12Letter from Minister for Education and Welsh Language

                                                                                                 (Pages 21 - 22)

Attached Documents:
Committee report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No 2) on the Professional Qualifications Bill

 

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2.13Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales & Trefnydd

                                                                                                           (Page 23)

Attached Documents:
Publication of the Fisheries Management and Support framework

 

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2.14Letter from Huw Morris, Group Director SHELL, Welsh Government

                                                                                                 (Pages 24 - 25)

Attached Documents:
Additional information following the meeting on the 20 January

 

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2.15Letter from Chair Children, Young People and Education Committee

                                                                                                 (Pages 26 - 27)

Attached Documents:
Findings of our 6th Senedd priorities engagement with children and young people

 

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3       Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Business representatives

(09.30-10.45)                                                                           (Pages 28 - 40)

David Chapman, Executive Director, UK Hospitality Cymru

Sara Jones, Head of the Welsh Retail Consortium

Suzy Davies, Chair, Wales Tourism Alliance

Michael Bewick, Chair of North Wales Tourism Forum

Attached Documents:
Research brief

 

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Break (10.45-11.00)

 

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4       Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Trade Unions and Bevan Foundation

(11.00-11.45)                                                                                                  

Dr Victoria Winckler, Director Bevan Foundation

Shavanah Taj, General Secretary, Wales Trades Union Congress

Mark Turner, Community Co-ordinator, Unite Wales

 

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Break (11.45-12.00)

 

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5       Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Skills sector

(12.00-12.45)                                                                                                  

Iestyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Colleges Wales

Jeff Protheroe, Director of Operations, National Training Federation for Wales

 

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Break (12.45-13.00)

 

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6       UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement

(13.00-14.00)                                                                           (Pages 41 - 52)

Sam Lowe, Director Trade, Flint-Global

Emily Rees, Senior Fellow at European Centre for International Political Economy

Professor Michael Gasiorek, University of Sussex

Attached Documents:
Research brief

 

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7       Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting

(14.00)                                                                                                             

 

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8       Private

(14.00-14.45)                                                                           (Pages 53 - 60)

Consideration of evidence following the meeting

Common Frameworks initial discussion

Attached Documents:
Research brief

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