Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 5 Ty Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 11 May 2022

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Robert Donovan

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEconomy@senedd.wales

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Private pre-meeting (09.15-09.30)

 

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Public Meeting (09.30-11.45)

 

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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 Minister for Economy

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 7)

Attached Documents:
A new direction for HGV drivers

 

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

                                                                                                     (Pages 8 - 9)

Attached Documents:
The Animal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 10 - 11)

Attached Documents:
The Common Agricultural Policy (Cross Compliance Exemptions and Transitional Regulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022

 

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 12 - 16)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales & Trefnydd re Animal Welfare Bill
Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No 2) on the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

 

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2.5   Letter from Minister for Climate Change

                                                                                                 (Pages 17 - 26)

Attached Documents:
Provisional Common Frameworks for Plant Health and Plant Varieties and Seeds

 

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 27 - 34)

Attached Documents:
Fertilisers Common Framework

 

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 35 - 39)

Attached Documents:
Organic Production Common Framework

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 40 - 45)

Attached Documents:
Agricultural Support Common Framework

 

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 46 - 55)

Attached Documents:
Animal Health and Welfare Common Framework

 

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2.10Letter from Minister for Finance and Trefnydd

                                                                                                 (Pages 56 - 58)

Attached Documents:
Public Procurement (International Trade Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

 

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2.11Letter to Minister for Economy

                                                                                                 (Pages 59 - 68)

Attached Documents:
UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement - impact on Wales

 

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3       Review of the Agricultural Pollution Regulations

(09.30-10.30)                                                                         (Pages 69 - 100)

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

Victoria Jones, Head of Agriculture, Sustainable Development Division, Welsh Government

Eifiona Williams, Head of Water, Welsh Government

Andrew Chambers, Legislation Development Team Leader, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
Research Brief
Evidence from Welsh Government

 

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

(10.30)                                                                                                             

 

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5       Private

(10.30-11.00)                                                                                                  

Consideration of evidence following the meeting

Briefing on citizen engagement for the Retail, Hospitality and Tourism Inquiry

 

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