Meeting Venue:
Hybrid – Committee room 1&2 Senedd
and video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Thursday, 27 October 2022
Meeting time: 09.31 - 11.50
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13137
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Names |
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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 Delyth Jewell MS Jenny Rathbone MS |
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Witnesses: |
Anthony Geddes, Confor Jerry Langford, Coed Cadw Woodland Trust Andy Richardson, Food and Drink Wales Industry Board Simon Wright, Wright’s Independent Food Ltd Gwyn Howells, Hybu Cig Cymru |
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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 Stephen Davies, Legal Adviser Katy Orford, Researcher Elfyn Henderson, Researcher Sara Moran, Researcher, Gareth Thomas, Researcher Rosemary Hill, Researcher Rhun Davies, Researcher |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.
1.2 There were no apologies.
1.3 Samuel Kurtz MS declared he was a director of the Wales Federation of Young Farmers Clubs
2 Paper(s) to note
2.1 Papers were noted.
2.1 Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
2.2 Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
3 Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Food and Drink Wales Industry Board, Hybu Cig Cymru and Simon Wright. Andy Richardson of the Food and Drink Wales Industry Board would send the Committee a report of work done by the University of Cambridge's Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
4 Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
4.1 The Committee heard evidence from Confor and Woodland Trust.
5 Northern Ireland Protocol Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
5.1 Members considered the LCM
6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting
6.1 The motion was agreed.
7 Private
7.1 The Committee considered the evidence heard during the previous evidence sessions. The Committee discussed the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum. An LCM report would be agreed in correspondence to be laid by the reporting deadline of 7 November. The Committee reviewed the draft Trade Monitoring Report and agreed to publish it and to receive similar reports in future.