Concise Minutes - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 1&2 Senedd

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Meeting time: 09.59 - 11.22
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12991

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Paul Davies MS (Chair)

Hefin David MS

Luke Fletcher MS

Vikki Howells MS

Samuel Kurtz MS

Sarah Murphy MS

Witnesses:

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

James Owen, Welsh Government

Hannah Fernandez, Welsh Government

Dorian Brunt, Welsh Government

Bill Cordingley, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Lara Date, Clerk

Rob Donovan, Clerk

Ceri Thomas, Committee Support Officer

Katy Orford, Researcher

Katie Wyatt, Legal Adviser

Masudah Ali, Legal Adviser

Gruffydd Owen, Legal Adviser

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 There were no apologies or substitutions.

1.3 Samuel Kurtz MS declared he was a director of the Wales Federation of Young Farmers Clubs.

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2       Papers to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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

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2.2   Letter from the Minister for Economy and the Minister for Finance and Local Government

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3       Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales.

3.2 The Committee would be provided with a note confirming the Minister’s view that the provisions in s.28 of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill - on the purposes for which information may be processed - do not include the selling of data to third parties.

 

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

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5       Private

5.1 The Members considered the evidence heard in the previous Ministerial evidence session.

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