Concise Minutes - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 1&2 Senedd

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 12 October 2022

Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.27
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13134

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

Llyr Gruffydd MS

Jenny Rathbone MS

Witnesses:

Hazel Wright, Farmers' Union of Wales

Dylan Morgan, National Farmers' Union Cymru

Huw Thomas, National Farmers' Union Cymru

Libby Davies, Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW)

Committee Staff:

Lara Date, Clerk

Robert Donovan, Clerk

Angharad Roche, Deputy Clerk

Ceri Thomas, Committee Support Officer

Katie Wyatt, Legal Services

Gruffydd Owen, Legal Adviser

Masudah Ali, Legal Adviser

Katy Orford, Researcher

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Sam Kurtz declared an interest as a Director of the Wales Federation of Young Farmers Clubs. 

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2       Paper(s) to note

Members noted the papers.

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2.1   Letter from Oxfam Cymru and WEN Wales

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2.2   Letter from the Chair of the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee to the Minister for Finance and Local Government

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

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

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

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3       Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 2

Members heard evidence from the witnesses. The Farmers Union of Wales would provide the Committee with further information on the appropriateness of the power in the Agriculture (Wales) Bill to provide support for ‘ancillary activities’, some of which are further up the food supply chain.

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

Members agreed the motion.

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5       Private

Members considered the evidence.

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