Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 2 – Senedd

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 1 October 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 General Ministerial Scrutiny - Rural Affairs

09.30 - 11.00 (Pages 1 - 28)

Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Welsh Government

Gian Marco Currado, Director - Rural Affairs, Welsh Government

Dr Richard Irvine, Chief Veterinary Officer, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Evidence paper - Welsh Government

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3 Papers to note

11.00

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3.1 Follow-up from the committee meeting held on 17 July 2025 - General Ministerial Scrutiny

(Pages 29 - 35)

Attached Documents:
Response letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, and Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership - 18 September 2025

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3.2 The Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill

(Page 36)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Llywydd, and Chair of the Business Committee - 24 September 2025

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3.3 Follow-up from the Committee visit to the Global Centre of Rail Excellence – 18 September 2025

(Pages 37 - 38)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Chief Executive, and Chair, of the Global Centre of Rail Excellence - 25 September 2025

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3.4 Apprenticeship pathways inquiry

(Pages 39 - 54)

Attached Documents:
Welsh Government response to Committee report - 25 September 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 - 11.35

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5 General Ministerial Scrutiny: Consideration of evidence

11.00 - 11.15

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6 EU-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement

11.15 - 11.25 (Pages 55 - 61)

Attached Documents:
EU-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement briefing

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7 Future of Welsh Steel: Citizen Engagement Approach Discussion

11.25 - 11.35 (Pages 62 - 64)

Attached Documents:
Citizen Engagement Approach Paper

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