Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 5 Ty Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 17 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 (09.30-14.25)

 

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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 Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 2)

Attached Documents:
The use of the acronym ‘B.A.M.E’ by the Senedd Commission

 

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2.2   Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Economy and Minister for Social Justice

                                                                                                     (Pages 3 - 4)

Attached Documents:
Recruiting arrivals from Afghanistan as HGV drivers

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

                                                                                                     (Pages 5 - 6)

Attached Documents:
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment) Order 2022

 

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2.4   Letter from the Minister for Economy

                                                                                                   (Pages 7 - 15)

Attached Documents:
Response by the Welsh Government to the Draft Budget 2022-23

 

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 16 - 17)

Attached Documents:
Laying the Ivory Prohibitions (Civil Sanctions) Regulations 2022

 

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2.6   Letter from the Minister for Economy

                                                                                                           (Page 18)

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

 

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 19 - 23)

Attached Documents:
Response by the Welsh Government to the Draft Budget 2022-23

 

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 24 - 25)

Attached Documents:
Additional information on the Joint Fisheries Statement (JFS) evidence session on 3 February

 

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2.9   Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

                                                                                                 (Pages 26 - 28)

Attached Documents:
Amendments to the Professional Qualifications Bill

 

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2.10Letter from Giles Thorley Chief Executive, Development Bank of Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 29 - 30)

Attached Documents:
Annual report scrutiny - Development Bank of Wales

 

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2.11Letter from the Minister for Economy

                                                                                                 (Pages 31 - 32)

Attached Documents:
Border Controls Posts

 

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3       Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales & Trefnydd

(09.30-10.30)                                                                           (Pages 33 - 45)

Lesley Griffiths MS, Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales and Trefnydd

Tim Render, Director, Land, Nature and Food

Dean Medcraft, Director, Finance & Operations

Christianne Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer

Attached Documents:
Research brief

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Break (10.30-10.45)

 

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4       General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy

(10.45-12.20)                                                                           (Pages 46 - 63)

Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy

Steffan Roberts, Deputy Director, Tourism Development and Sport

Claire McDonald, Deputy Director, Economic Policy

Heledd Owen, Deputy Director, Marketing

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Welsh Government’s evidence paper – Tourism, Hospitality and Retail Inquiry

 

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Break (12.20-12.50)

 

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from item 6 of today's meeting

                                                                                                                          

 

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6       Common Frameworks (private)

(12.50-13.50)                                                                         (Pages 64 - 115)

Paul Harrington, Head of Intergovernmental Relations

Rob Parry, Deputy Director, European Transition Legislation

Victoria Jones, Head of Agriculture, Sustainable Development Division

Bill MacDonald, Head of Plant Health and Environmental Protection

Estevao Simoes, Head of EU Transition and Trade Policy, Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer

Attached Documents:
Provisional common framework: agricultural support
Provisional common framework: animal health and welfare
Provisional common framework: fertilisers

 

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Break (13.50-13.55)

 

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7       UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement

(13.55-14.25)                                                                       (Pages 116 - 120)

Gwyn Howells, Meat Promotion Wales

Huw Thomas, Political Adviser, National Farmers’ Union Wales

Nick Fenwick, Farmers’ Union Wales

Attached Documents:
Research brief

 

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

(14.25)                                                                                                             

 

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9       Private

(14.25-15.00)                                                                                                  

Consideration of evidence following the meeting

Common Frameworks scrutiny discussion

 

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