Meeting Venue:
Committee room 5
- Tŷ Hywel
and video
conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Thursday, 19 June 2025
Meeting time: 09.33 - 11.45
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15126
Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Members of the Senedd:
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Andrew RT Davies MS (Chair)
Hannah Blythyn MS
Hefin David MS
Luke Fletcher MS
Samuel Kurtz MS
Jenny Rathbone MS
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Witnesses:
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David Harries, Food and Drink Federation (FDF)
Cymru
Huw Thomas, Puffin Produce
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Committee Staff:
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Robert Donovan (Clerk)
Rachael Davies (Second Clerk)
Nicole Haylor-Mott (Deputy Clerk)
Elfyn Henderson (Researcher)
Sara Moran (Researcher)
Thomas Morris (Researcher)
Madelaine Phillips (Researcher)
Sian Thomas (Researcher)
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1
Introductions, apologies, substitutions,
and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed
everyone to the meeting.
1.2 Hannah Blythyn MS
gave notice in advance she would join the meeting part way through
item 2.
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<AI2>
2
Food Processing: panel 1
2.1 The Committee
heard evidence from Huw Thomas (Puffin Produce and Pembrokeshire
Creamery) and David Harries (Food and Drink Federation Cymru).
</AI2>
<AI3>
3
Papers to note
3.1 The Committee
noted the papers.
</AI3>
<AI4>
3.1
Economy Trade and Rural Affairs Committee
report: AI and the Welsh Economy
</AI4>
<AI5>
3.2
Follow-up to 15 May Committee meeting:
Glastir and National Minimum Standards
</AI5>
<AI6>
3.3
The Official Controls (Extension of
Transitional Periods) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
</AI6>
<AI7>
3.4
Water Resources (Control of Agricultural
Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
</AI7>
<AI8>
3.5
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27:
Engagement - Stakeholder Event
</AI8>
<AI9>
3.6
Soil Health in Agriculture
</AI9>
<AI10>
3.7
Anonymous Committee Evidence
</AI10>
<AI11>
3.8
Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement:
Intergovernmental Relations Annual Report
</AI11>
<AI12>
3.9
Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement:
Council of the Nations and Regions Meeting and other
Intergovernmental Meetings
</AI12>
<AI13>
3.10 Marking
of Retail Goods Regulations 2025
</AI13>
<AI14>
3.11 Inter-Ministerial Group on UK-EU
Relations
</AI14>
<AI15>
4
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to
resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the
meeting
4.1 The Committee
agreed the motion to exclude the public from the remainder of the
meeting.
</AI15>
<AI16>
5
Food Processing: consideration of
evidence
5.1 The Committee
discussed the evidence heard under item 2.
</AI16>
<AI17>
6
Trade update
6.1 The Committee
discussed the trade update paper.
</AI17>
<AI18>
7
Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA):
consideration of draft chapter
7.1 The Committee
reviewed and considered the draft report chapter, and agreed the
recommendations in principle following some drafting changes.
</AI18>
<AI19>
8
Apprenticeship Pathways: consideration of
draft report
8.1 The Committee
agreed the draft report, and agreed to its publication following
minor drafting amendments.
</AI19>
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