Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 5 - Tŷ Hywel

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 30 April 2025

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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Public session

09.30 - 11.00

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

09.30

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2 Soil Health in Agriculture: Panel 1

09.30 - 11.00 (Pages 1 - 58)

Professor Bridget Emmett, Principal Scientist, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Dr William Stiles, Lecturer in Soil Science - Department of Life Sciences, Aberystwyth University

Professor Prysor Williams, Chair of Agriculture and Environment, School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Bangor University

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Written evidence - Professor Bridget Emmett
Written evidence - Aberystwyth University
Additional evidence - Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW)
Additional evidence - Soil Association Cymru

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3 Papers to note

11.00

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3.1 P-06-1507 We call on UWTSD and the Welsh Government to create a viable, sustainable plan for the long-term future of Lampeter campus

(Pages 59 - 63)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee - 24 March 2025

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3.2 Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

(Pages 64 - 65)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 25 March 2025

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3.3 Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

(Pages 66 - 67)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 25 March 2025
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 31 March 2025

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3.4 Petitions regarding animal health and welfare

(Pages 68 - 70)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee - 27 March 2025
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Chair of the Petitions Committee - 2 April 2025

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3.5 Follow-up to the committee meeting held on 14 November 2024 - The Foundational Economy

(Pages 71 - 73)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership - 27 March 2025

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3.6 Follow-up to the committee meeting held on 5 February 2025 - Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS)

(Pages 74 - 75)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 31 March 2025

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3.7Lord of the Manor titles

(Pages 76 - 77)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 2 April 2025

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3.8 The Ivory Prohibitions (Exemptions) (Process and Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

(Pages 78 - 80)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 2 April 2025
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 24 April 2025

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3.9 Apprenticeship pathways inquiry

(Pages 81 - 85)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Further and Higher Education - 3 April 2025
Letter from the Minister for Further and Higher Education - 24 April 2025

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3.10 Request for economic impact assessment of proposed closures in languages and cultures at Cardiff University

(Pages 86 - 87)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages - 3 April 2025

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3.11 Meeting of the Tourism Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG)

(Page 88)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 9 April 2025

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3.12 UK’s agri-food and drink attachés

(Pages 89 - 90)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - 10 April 2025

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3.13 Follow-up to the Committee meeting held on 6 March 2025 - Freight and logistics, and regulation of ports

(Pages 91 - 100)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales - 11 April 2025
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales - 22 April 2025

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3.14 Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee (IMSC)

(Page 101)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Chair Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 22 April 2025

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

11.00

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Private session

11.00 - 12.20

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5 Consideration of evidence following the meeting

11.00 - 11.10

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6 AI and the Welsh Economy: consideration of draft report

11.10 - 11.30 (Pages 102 - 133)

Attached Documents:
Draft report

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7 City Deals: Scope and approach

11.30 - 11.45 (Pages 134 - 144)

Attached Documents:
Scoping paper

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8 Food Processing: Scope and approach

11.45 - 12.00 (Pages 145 - 150)

Attached Documents:
Scoping paper

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9 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum: Data (Use and Access) Bill: consideration of draft report

12.00 - 12.10 (Pages 151 - 174)

Attached Documents:
Draft report
Legal advice note

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10 Scrutiny of the Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence provided by the Welsh Government

12.10 - 12.20 (Pages 175 - 176)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee to Committee Chairs - 1 April 2025

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