Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 5 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 13 December 2023

Meeting time: 10.00
For further information contact:

Lara Date

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEconomy@senedd.wales

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Private pre-meeting (09.45-09.55)

 

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At its meeting on 30 November, the Committee agreed a motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to exclude the public from item 1 of today's meeting

 

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1       Scoping: Farming Connect

(09.55-10.00)                                                                               (Pages 1 - 3)

 

Attached Documents:
Scoping paper

 

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Public (10.00-12.30)

 

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2       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(10.00)                                                                                                             

 

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3       Papers to note

(10.00)                                                                                                             

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3.1   Inter-Ministerial Group for Trade meeting

                                                                                                             (Page 4)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Economy - 24 November 2023

 

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3.2   Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee meeting - 30 November 2023: The Future of Welsh Steel session

                                                                                                             (Page 5)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of Tata Steel UK - 27 November 2023

 

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3.3   UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly

                                                                                                             (Page 6)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the First Minister of Wales - 28 November 2023

 

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3.4   The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Wales) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2023 (“the Wales Regulations”)

                                                                                                   (Pages 7 - 13)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language - 30 November 2023

 

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3.5   Habitat Wales Scheme (HWS)

                                                                                                 (Pages 14 - 15)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 7 December 2023

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3.6   The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 16 - 19)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 7 December 2023
Letter from the First Minister of Wales to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 23 October 2023

 

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4       General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

(10.00-11.10)                                                                           (Pages 20 - 63)

 

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

§  Gian Marco Currado, Director – Rural Affairs, Welsh Government

§  Richard Irvine, Chief Veterinary Officer, Welsh Government

§  Dean Medcraft, Director – Finance & Operations, Welsh Government

 

Attached Documents:
Evidence paper - Welsh Government
Research brief

 

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Break (11.10-11.20)

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5General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy

(11.20-12.30)                                                                           (Pages 64 - 86)

 

§  Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy, Welsh Government

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

§  Andrew Gwatkin, Director - International Relations & Trade, Welsh Government

§  Jo Salway, Director - Social Partnership, Employability & Fair Work, Welsh Government

 

Attached Documents:
Evidence paper - Welsh Government
Research brief

 

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6       Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and the start of the meeting on 18 January 2024.

(12.30)                                                                                                             

 

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Private (12.30-12.40)

 

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7       Consideration of evidence following the meeting

(12.30-12.40)                                                                                                  

 

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