Concise Minutes - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 5 Ty Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 11 October 2023

Meeting time: 10.26 - 12.01
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13502

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

Carolyn Thomas MS

Witnesses:

Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy

Dickie Davis, Welsh Government

Professor Katy Hayward, Queen's University Belfast

Dr Richard Irvine, Welsh Government

Helen John, Welsh Government

Claire McDonald, Welsh Government

Professor Andrew Potter, Cardiff University

Peter Ryland, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Lara Date, Clerk

Evan Jones, Deputy Clerk

Ceri Thomas, Committee Support Officer

Katy Orford, Researcher

Sara Moran, Researcher

Gareth Thomas, Researcher

Aled Evans, Legal Adviser

 

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1       Technical Briefing: Chief Veterinary Officer

1.1 The Committee received a technical briefing from the Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales.

1.2 The Chief Veterinary Officer provided Members with a link to the Border Target Operating Model publication.

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2       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

2.1 The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

2.2 Apologies were received from Buffy Williams MS. Carolyn Thomas MS attended as a substitute. There were no declarations of interest.

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3       Papers to note

3.1 The Committee noted the papers.

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3.1   Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Trade on 7 September 2023

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3.2   Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence papers

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3.3   Trade agreements

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3.4   Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (No.4)

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3.5   The Welsh Government's Community Food Strategy

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4       Windsor Framework

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from the panel on the Windsor Framework.

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5       Minister for Economy: Border Control Posts in Wales; and Future of Welsh Steel

5.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Economy on the Border Target Operating Model, Border Control Posts, Windsor Framework, Freeports, and Tata Steel.

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

6.1 The Motion to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting was agreed.

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7       Consideration of evidence following the meeting

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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