Concise Minutes - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 5 - Tŷ Hywel

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.07
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15328

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Andrew RT Davies MS (Chair) Alun Davies MS (In place of Hannah Blythyn MS) Luke Fletcher MS Samuel Kurtz MS Jenny Rathbone MS
Witnesses:	Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs Gian Marco Currado, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Robert Donovan (Clerk) Nicole Haylor-Mott (Deputy Clerk) Aled Evans (Legal Adviser) Elfyn Henderson (Researcher) Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Hannah Blythyn MS and Hefin David MS. Alun Davies MS attended as a substitute for Hannah Blythyn MS for item 2.

1.3 Under SO 17.24A, Andrew RT Davies MS, Samuel Kurtz MS and Huw Irranca-Davies MS declared an interest in relation to item 2.

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2 Hybu Cig Cymru: Panel 4 - Ministerial scrutiny

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Welsh Government.

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3 Papers to note

3.1 The Committee noted the papers.

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3.1 Agreement between the UK and European Union on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures

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

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3.3 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Celtic Heritage Agreement Annual Report

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3.4 Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Business and Industry (IMG)

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3.5 Legislative Consent: Employment Rights Bill

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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.

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5 Consideration of evidence following the meeting

5.1 The Committee discussed the evidence heard during item 2.

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6 The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA): Key issues discussion

6.1 The Committee considered the key issue paper, and agreed to move forward with the reporting proposals for the Committee contained within the paper.

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7 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum: Product Regulation and Metrology Bill

7.1     The Committee considered the legal advice note, and agreed it would not be necessary for the Committee to produce a further report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum.

7.2     The Committee agreed to write to the Business Committee to notify them of this decision.

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8 Apprenticeship Pathways: Key issues discussion

8.1     The Committee agreed to return to this item for a full discussion at its next meeting.

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