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Common Agricultural Policy Task and Finish Group |
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Committee Room 1 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Thursday, 17 November 2011 |
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Meeting time: |
13:00 - 15:15 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Vaughan Gething (Chair) Dafydd Elis-Thomas Rebecca Evans Llyr Huws Gruffydd William Powell Antoinette Sandbach |
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Witnesses: |
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Brian Pawson, Senior Agricultural Advisor, Countryside Council for Wales Dr Ieuan Joyce, Council Member, Countryside Council for Wales Trystan Edwards, Wales Farm and Countryside Adviser, National Trust Arfon Williams, Countryside Manager, RSBP Glenda Thomas, Director Farming and Advisory Wildlife Group (FWAG) Cymru Emma Hockridge, Head of Policy, Soil Association |
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Committee Staff: |
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Naomi Stocks (Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Deputy Clerk) Nia Seaton (Researcher) Lisa Salkeld (Legal Advisor) |
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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed the Committee Members, witnesses and members of the public to the meeting. There were no apologies or substitutions.
2. Inquiry into proposed reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy: Evidence from the Environment Agency Wales and Countryside Council for Wales
2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Environment Agency Wales and the Countryside Council for Wales.
3. Inquiry into proposed reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy: Evidence from the National Trust and RSPB
3.1 The Committee received evidence from the National Trust and the RSPB.
3.2 The RSPB agreed to write to the Committee in response to the figures about Welsh Government funding presented to him by Antoinette Sandbach.
4. Inquiry into proposed reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy: Evidence from Farming and Advisory Wildlife Group (FWAG) and the Soil Association
4.1 The Committee received evidence from the Farming and Advisory Wildlife Group (FWAG) and the Soil Association.
4.2 The Soil Association agreed to share the evaluation of the Lottery funded project ‘Food for Life Partnership’ when published.
Transcript
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