Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 5 Ty Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 8 June 2023

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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1       Post-EU regional development funding: Findings from engagement

(09.20-09.30)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 15)

Attached Documents:
Engagement summary note

 

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Public meeting (09.30-13.35)

 

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2       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

 

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3       Papers to note

(09.30)                                                                                                             


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3.1Questions to the Minister for Economy: Apprenticeship completions

                                                                                                           (Page 16)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Economy to Luke Fletcher MS - 12 May 2023

 

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3.2   The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee's report: Common Frameworks

                                                                                                           (Page 17)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 12 May 2023

 

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3.3   UK/Ireland/EC: Financing Agreement on the PEACE PLUS Programme 2021-2027

                                                                                                 (Pages 18 - 22)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 12 May 2023

 

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3.4   Legislative Consent Memorandum: Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 23 - 27)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the First Minister - 15 May 2023


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3.5Post-EU regional development funding: Shared Prosperity Fund

                                                                                                 (Pages 28 - 29)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Councillor Morgan, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council following the Committee meeting on 4 May - 15 May 2023

 

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3.6   Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee: Forward Work Programme

                                                                                                 (Pages 30 - 35)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Climate Cymru - 16 May 2023
Letter from the Chair to Climate Cymru - 22 May 2023

 

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3.7   Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee

                                                                                                           (Page 36)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Council General and Minister for the Constitution to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 17 May 2023

 

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3.8   Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No 3) for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 37 - 38)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Local Government and Housing Committee to the Llywydd and Chair of the Business Committee - 18 May 2023


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3.9Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Non-Domestic Rating Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 39 - 45)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Minister for Finance and Local Government - 18 May 2023
Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee to the Minister for Finance and Local Government - 26 May 2023
Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 1 June 2023

 

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3.10Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Trade

                                                                                                           (Page 46)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Economy - 18 May 2023

 

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3.11The Committee's inquiry into Post-EU regional development funding

                                                                                                 (Pages 47 - 49)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to Trades Union Congress (TUC) Wales - 19 May
Letter from the Chair to University and College Union (UCU) Wales - 19 May 2023
Letter from the Chair to UNISON Wales - 19 May


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3.12Food (Wales) Bill: Stage 1

                                                                                                 (Pages 50 - 72)

Attached Documents:
Response from Peter Fox MS, Member-in-charge of the Bill to the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee report - 19 May 2023
Response from Peter Fox MS, Member-in-charge of the Bill to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee report - 19 May 2023
Response from Peter Fox MS, Member-in-charge of the Bill to the Finance Committee report - 19 May 2023
Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - fall of the Food (Wales) Bill - 31 May 2023

 

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3.13Review of the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021

                                                                                                 (Pages 73 - 75)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 25 May 2023

 

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3.14Forage maize seed breeders

                                                                                                 (Pages 76 - 78)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Dr Julian Little, Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB) - 15 May 2023


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3.15Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment) Order 2023 (2023 Order)

                                                                                                 (Pages 79 - 81)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 26 May 2023

 

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3.16Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Engagement

                                                                                                           (Page 82)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Chair of the Finance Committee - 26 May 2023

 

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4       Post-EU regional development funding: Minister for Economy

(09.30-10.30)                                                                         (Pages 83 - 118)

 

Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy

Duncan Hamer, Director of Operations – Business & Regions, Welsh Government

Aine Gawthorpe, Deputy Director, Industrial Transformation and Foundational Economy, Welsh Government

Peter Ryland, Chief Executive, Welsh European Funding Office, Welsh Government

 

Attached Documents:
Evidence paper - Welsh Government
Research brief
Summary of written evidence

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5       Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 1 - Minister for Economy

(10.30-11.00)                                                                       (Pages 119 - 150)

 

Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy

Duncan Hamer, Director of Operations – Business & Regions, Welsh Government

Aine Gawthorpe, Deputy Director, Industrial Transformation and Foundational Economy, Welsh Government

 

Attached Documents:
Evidence paper - Welsh Government
Research brief

 

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Break (11.00-11.15)

 

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6       Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 2

(11.15-12.30)

                                                                                                                          

Dr Llyr ap Gareth, Head of Policy (Wales), Federation of Small Businesses Wales

Janis Richards, Membership Director – Wales, MakeUK

Professor David Pickernell, Small Business and Enterprise Development Policy, Business, Swansea University

Mary Williams, Political Officer, Unite Wales

 

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Break (12.30-12.35)

 

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7       Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 3

(12.35-13.35)

                                                                                                                          

Professor Keith Ridgway, Chair, Industry Wales and Senior Executive, Manufacturing University of Strathclyde

David Hoare, Senior Communications & Site Compliance Leader (Wales), GE Aerospace

 

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

(13.35)                                                                                                             

 

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Private (13.35-14.00)

 

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9       Consideration of evidence following the meeting

(13.35-13.45)                                                                                                  

 

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10    Consideration of the Committee's Forward Work Programme

(13.45-14.00)                                                                       (Pages 151 - 154)

Attached Documents:
Forward Work Programme - Autumn 2023

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