Common Agricultural Policy Task and Finish Group

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Thursday, 17 November 2011

 

 

 

Meeting time:

13:00 - 15:15

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_200002_17_11_2011&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Vaughan Gething (Chair)

Dafydd Elis-Thomas

Rebecca Evans

Llyr Huws Gruffydd

William Powell

Antoinette Sandbach

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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. 

                                  

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

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