Concise Minutes - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 2 – Senedd

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 11 December 2025

Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.34
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15455

Hybrid, Private

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Andrew RT Davies MS (Chair) Hannah Blythyn MS Luke Fletcher MS Samuel Kurtz MS
Witnesses:
Committee Staff:	Robert Donovan (Clerk) Rachael Davies (Second Clerk) Nicole Haylor-Mott (Deputy Clerk) Ben Harris (Legal Adviser) Sara Moran (Researcher) Ben Stokes (Researcher) Gareth David Thomas (Researcher) Sara Moran (Researcher)

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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 Alun Davies MS and Jenny Rathbone MS, with no substitutes present.

1.3     Under SO 17.24A, Samuel Kurtz MS and Andrew RT Davies MS declared an interest at the start of the meeting.

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2 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Consideration of Draft Report

2.1    The Committee discussed and reviewed its draft report on the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2026-27, and agreed to its publication by the deadline of 15 December 2026.

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3 Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill: Consideration of Draft Stage 1 Report

3.1    The Committee considered its draft Stage 1 report and agreed some revisions.

3.2    The Committee agreed to finalise the report outside of Committee, and noted that it would be published by the reporting deadline of 19 December 2025.

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4 Forward Work Programme Discussion

4.1    The Committee agreed to discuss this item in writing outside of the Committee meeting.

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