Meeting Venue:
Committee room 5
- Tŷ Hywel
and video
conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 18 September
2024
Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.23
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14093
Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Members of the Senedd:
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Paul Davies MS (Chair)
Luke Fletcher MS
Samuel Kurtz MS
Jenny Rathbone MS
Mick Antoniw MS (In place of Hefin David
MS)
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Witnesses:
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Ceri Cunnington, Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog
Professor Anne Green, University of
Birmingham
Professor Karel Williams, Manchester Business
School
Matthew Brown, Preston City Council
Harry Thompson, Sustain Wales
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Committee Staff:
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Robert Donovan (Clerk)
Rachael Davies (Second Clerk)
Aled Evans (Legal Adviser)
Lucy Morgan (Researcher)
Madelaine Phillips (Researcher)
Gareth David Thomas (Researcher)
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<AI1>
1
Introductions, apologies, substitutions,
and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed
everyone to the meeting.
1.2 The Chair
confirmed that since her appointment as Minister for Further and
Higher Education, Vikki Howells has resigned from her membership of
the Committee.
1.3 Apologies were
received from Hefin David. Mick Antoniw attended as a
substitute.
</AI1>
<AI2>
2
Papers to note
2.1 The Committee
noted the papers.
</AI2>
<AI3>
2.1
Development Bank of Wales
inquiry
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<AI4>
2.2
Welsh Government response to the Economy,
Trade and Rural Affairs Committee report: Research and
Development
</AI4>
<AI5>
2.3
General Ministerial Scrutiny session
follow-up - Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural
Affairs
</AI5>
<AI6>
2.4
General Ministerial Scrutiny session
follow-up - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh
Language
</AI6>
<AI7>
2.5
The Welsh Government’s Approach to
Trade Policy
</AI7>
<AI8>
2.27 Future of
Welsh Steel
</AI8>
<AI9>
2.7
Animal health and welfare - use of cages
for game birds
</AI9>
<AI10>
2.8
Hybu Cig Cymru - culture and
operations
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<AI11>
2.9
The Welsh Government’s 'Food
Matters: Wales' policy
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<AI12>
2.10 Agricultural Pollution Regulations
</AI12>
<AI13>
2.11 Apprenticeship Levy reform
</AI13>
<AI14>
2.12 Sustainable Farming Scheme – feedback from
stakeholders at the Royal Welsh Show
</AI14>
<AI15>
2.13 Green
economy
</AI15>
<AI16>
2.14 Economy,
Trade and Rural Affairs Committee report - Farming
Connect
</AI16>
<AI17>
2.15 International Strategy and Cardiff Wales
Airport
</AI17>
<AI18>
2.16 Sea
Fisheries (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2024 (the “2024
Regulations”)
</AI18>
<AI19>
2.17 Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs meeting
</AI19>
<AI20>
2.18 Service
Level Agreement Welsh Ministers, Rural Payments Agency and British
Cattle Movements Service
</AI20>
<AI21>
2.19 Economy,
Trade and Rural Affairs Committee report: Welsh Government’s
proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme
</AI21>
<AI22>
3
The Foundational Economy - Panel
1
3.1 The Committee
heard evidence from Professor Karel Williams (University of
Manchester), Professor Anne Green (University of Birmingham), and
Harry Thompson (Cynnal Cymru).
3.2 Harry Thompson
agree to share a report on the Community of Practice established
for the Welsh Government’s Foundational Economy Challenge
Fund.
</AI22>
<AI23>
4
The Foundational Economy - Panel
2
4.1 The Committee
heard evidence from Preston Council and Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog.
4.2 The Committee
agreed to write to the witnesses to seek further information in
relation to points not reached during the session.
</AI23>
<AI24>
5
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to
resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the
meeting
5.1 The Committee
agreed the motion to exclude the public from the remainder of the
meeting.
</AI24>
<AI25>
6
Consideration of evidence following the
meeting
6.1 The Committee
considered the evidence received under Items 3 and 4.
</AI25>
<AI26>
7
Green economy: Key issues
discussion
7.1 The Committee
considered the key issues paper. The Committee agreed to consider a
draft report at a future meeting.
</AI26>
<AI27>
8
International Trade Monitoring report
discussion
8.1 The Committee
noted an update on trade monitoring and agreed to publish the
report.
</AI27>
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