Concise Minutes - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 5 Tŷ Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023

Meeting time: 10.02 - 12.34
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13575

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Paul Davies MS (Chair)

Hefin David MS

Luke Fletcher MS

Llyr Gruffydd MS (In place of Luke Fletcher MS)

Vikki Howells MS

Samuel Kurtz MS

Buffy Williams MS

Witnesses:

Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy

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

Gian Marco Currado, Welsh Government

Andrew Gwatkin, Welsh Government

Duncan Hamer, Welsh Government

Dr Richard Irvine, Welsh Government

Dean Medcraft, Welsh Government

Jo Salway, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Lara Date, Clerk

Rob Donovan, Clerk

Evan Jones, Deputy Clerk

Ceri Thomas, Committee Support Officer

Sara Moran, Researcher

Lucy Morgan, Researcher

Katy Orford, Researcher

Gareth Thomas, Researcher

 

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1       Scoping: Farming Connect

1.1     The Committee considered and agreed the scoping paper.

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2       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

2.1     The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

2.2     Llyr Gruffydd MS attended as a substitute for Luke Fletcher MS for items 1,2,3 and 4. 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   Inter-Ministerial Group for Trade meeting

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

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3.3   UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly

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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”)

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3.5   Habitat Wales Scheme (HWS)

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

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

4.1     The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd.

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5       General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy

5.1     The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Economy.

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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.

6.1     The Motion to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting and and the start of the meeting on 18 January 2024 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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