Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 3 December 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: Economy

09.30 - 11.00 (Pages 1 - 38)

Rebecca Evans MS, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, Welsh Government

Liz Lalley, Director, Economic Strategy and Green Growth, Welsh Government

Duncan Hamer, Director of Operations - Business & Regions, Welsh Government

Kate Hearnden, Head of Industry Decarbonisation, Energy & Steel, 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 Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill: follow-up to evidence session

(Pages 39 - 47)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language - 21 November 2025
Response letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language - 27 November 2025
Letter from Airbnb - 28 November 2025

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3.2 Future of Welsh steel: Trade defence

(Pages 48 - 49)

Attached Documents:
Response letter from the Minister of State for Trade, UK Government - 21 November 2025

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3.3 Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill: Follow-up from the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee meeting held on 10 November 2025

(Pages 50 - 60)

Attached Documents:
Response letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 25 November 2025

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3.4 Petition P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales

(Pages 61 - 63)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee - 25 November 2025

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3.5 Freight and Logistics Strategy

(Pages 64 - 65)

Attached Documents:
Response letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales - 25 November 2025

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3.6 Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill: Additional evidence

(Pages 66 - 69)

Attached Documents:
Evidence paper - North Wales Holiday Cottages

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting, and Standing Order 17.42(vi) for the whole of the meeting on 11 December 2025

11.00

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Private session

11.00 - 11.15

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5 General Ministerial Scrutiny: Consideration of evidence

11.00 - 11.15

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