Meetings
Inquiry into the Future of Agricultural and Rural Development Policies in Wales
This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.
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Meeting: 24/10/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
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The Future of Land Management in Wales: assessing an outcomes-based approach to payment for public goods: evidence session three
Dr
Patrick McGurn, AranLIFE
Jennifer
Manning, Dartmoor Farming Futures Project
Tracy
May, Dartmoor Farming Futures Project
Minutes:
The
Committee took oral evdience from Dr Patrick McGurn, Jennifer Manning and Tracy
May to inform its inquiry.
Meeting: 24/10/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
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The Future of Land Management in Wales: assessing an outcomes-based approach to payment for public goods: consideration of oral evidence received under items two, three and four
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the oral evdience received under items 2, 3 and 4.
Meeting: 24/10/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
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5 Paper from Coed Cadw - the Woodland Trust: Brexit and our Land
Supporting documents:
Meeting: 24/10/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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The Future of Land Management in Wales: assessing an outcomes-based approach to payment for public goods: evidence session two
Arfon
Williams, Land Use Manager - RSPB Cymru
Rachel
Sharp, Chief Executive Officer - Wildlife Trusts Wales
Dr
Nick Fenwick, Head of Policy - Farmers’ Union of Wales
Dylan
Morgan, Head of Policy - National Farmers’ Union Cymru
Minutes:
The
Committee took oral evidence from Arfon Williams, Rachel Sharp, Dr Nick Fenwick
and Dylan Morgan to inform its inquiry.
Meeting: 24/10/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
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2 The Future of Land Management in Wales: assessing an outcomes-based approach to payment for public goods: evidence session one
Professor Mike Christie, Professor of Environmental and Ecological Economics in the School of Management and Business - Aberystwyth University
Dr
Neal Hockley, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Economics & Policy,
College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering - Bangor University
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 13 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
Minutes:
The
Committee took oral evidence from Professor Mike Christie and
Dr
Neal Hockley to inform its inquiry.
Meeting: 26/10/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
5 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs regarding recommendation 21, which relates to public procurement of food, of the Committee's report, 'The future of land management in Wales'
Supporting documents:
Meeting: 18/10/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
3 Letter from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Chair in response to the Committee's report on 'The future of land management in Wales'
Supporting documents:
Meeting: 06/07/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
4 Letter from Andrew RT Davies AM on the Rural Development Programme Wales
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The
Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural
Affairs to ask for information on Rural Development Programme funding.
Meeting: 28/06/2017 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
Debate by the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee on its report on the future of agricultural and rural development policies in Wales
NDM6347 Mike
Hedges (Swansea East)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes
the report of the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee on
the future of land management in Wales, which was laid
in the Table Office on 26 March 2017.
Note: The response of the Cabinet Secretary for
Environment and Rural Affairs was laid
in the Table Office on 21 June 2017.
Minutes:
The
item started at 16.25
NDM6347
Mike
Hedges (Swansea East)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes
the report of the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee on
the future of land management in Wales, which was laid
in the Table Office on 26 March 2017.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing
Order 12.36.
Meeting: 22/03/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2.)
2. Inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural development policy - discussion of report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 31 , View reasons restricted (2./1)
Meeting: 16/03/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
Inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural development policy - discussion of report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 33 , View reasons restricted (6/1)
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the draft report.
Meeting: 16/03/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
Inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural development policy - discussion of report
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the draft report.
Meeting: 08/03/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2.)
2. Consideration of the draft report of the inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural development in Wales
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 39 , View reasons restricted (2./1)
Meeting: 08/03/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3.)
Consideration of the draft report of the inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural policy in Wales
Meeting: 15/02/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
Consideration of key issues relating to inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural policies in Wales
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
The
Committee discussed the key issues and agreed which areas it should focus on in
its report.
Meeting: 09/02/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
3 Inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural policies in Wales - cancelled
George
Eustice, Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
This
item was cancelled. The Committee noted the correspondence from the Chair on
this matter.
Meeting: 01/02/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
3 Inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural development policy in Wales: scrutiny of the Welsh Government
Lesley
Griffiths AM, Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Development
Andrew
Slade, Director, Agriculture, Food & Marine
Kevin
Austin, Deputy Head of Division - Sustainability and Development Division
Rhodri
Asby, Deputy Director, Climate Change & Natural Resource Policy Division
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
3.1
The Cabinet Secretary and her officials responded to questions from Members.
Meeting: 12/01/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
4 Response from Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs to the statement on the future of agricultural and rural development in Wales
Supporting documents:
Meeting: 12/01/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
Inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural development policies in Wales - Rural communities
Tim
Peppin, WLGA
Cllr
Jamie Adams
Councillor
Goronwy Edwards
Dafydd
Gruffydd, Business Manager for LEADER in Anglesey and Gwynedd
Minutes:
The
Committee heard evidence on the ways in which rural funding can maintain communities
and stimulate business innovation.
Meeting: 12/01/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural development policies in Wales - Tourism and access
Adrian
Barsby, Wales Tourism Alliance
Angela Charlton, Director, Ramblers Cymru
Minutes:
The Committee heard evidence on the
ways in which support for agricultural and rural businesses contributes to
tourism in Wales. They also discussed
issues related to access and Ramblers Cymru agreed to provide further
information on access to the countryside.
Meeting: 12/01/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural development policies in Wales - Funding, regulation and trade
Dai
Davies, Chairman, Hybu Cig Cymru
Stephen
James, President, National Farmers’ Union
Arfon
Williams, Wales Environment Link
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
The
Committee heard evidence on the ways in which rural enterprise can be
stimulated. They also discussed the
potential effects of changes in funding and regulation on agricultural
businesses and maintaining biodiversity.
Hybu
Cig Cymru agreed to provide further information on the ways in which they promote
meat produce from smaller, upland sheep.
Meeting: 12/01/2017 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
Inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural development policies in Wales - Forestry and the uplands
Nick
Fenwick, Farmers Union of Wales
Tony
Davies, Fairness for the Uplands
Martin
Bishop, National Manager Wales, Confor
Frances Winder, Woodlands Trust
Minutes:
The
Committee heard evidence on the opportunities and risks to uplands farms,
farming in Wales, commercial forestry and the woodlands if funding support for
agriculture were to change after 2019.
Confor
agreed to provide further information on employment in the forestry industry.
Meeting: 14/12/2016 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
Inquiry into the Future of Agricultural and Rural Development Policies in Wales - discussion of written evidence
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
Members
discussed the summary of the written responses to the inquiry.
Meeting: 24/11/2016 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2.)
2. Research Brief
Supporting documents:
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Meeting: 24/11/2016 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1.)
Agenda
Meeting: 20/10/2016 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1.)
1. Inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural development policies in Wales - Stakeholder workshop
Venue: The Norwegian Church, Cardiff Bay
Supporting documents:
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Meeting: 28/09/2016 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural policies in Wales
Professor
Janet Dwyer, Professor of Rural policy and Director of the Climate Change
Research Institute
Professor
Peter Midmore, Director of Research, Institute of Management, Law and
Information Science, Aberystwyth University
Supporting documents:
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- Paper 1 University of Gloucestershire - ProfessorJanet Dwyer, item 2 PDF 66 KB View as HTML (2/2) 13 KB
- Paper 2 Aberystwyth University - Professor Peter Midmore, item 2 PDF 74 KB View as HTML (2/3) 19 KB
Minutes:
2.1 Professor Janet Dwyer and Professor Peter
Midmore responded to questions from Members.
Meeting: 28/09/2016 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural policies in Wales
Professor
Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, Centre for Food Policy, City University
Stephen
Devlin, New Economics Foundation
Minutes:
3.1
Professor Tim Lang and Stephen Devlin responded to questions from Members.
Meeting: 28/09/2016 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
4 Inquiry into the future of agricultural and rural policies in Wales
Katherine
Foot, Senior Lecturer in Rural Policy
& Planning, School of Real Estate & Land Management, Royal
Agricultural University
Dr
Ian Grange, Senior Lecturer in Environment and Countryside Management, Royal
Agricultural University
Supporting documents:
- Paper 3 Royal Agricultural University - Katharine Foot, item 4 PDF 76 KB View as HTML (4/1) 34 KB
- Paper 4 Royal Agricultural University - Dr Ian Grange, item 4 PDF 273 KB
Minutes:
4.1
Katherine Foot and Dr Ian Grange responded to questions from Members.
Meeting: 22/09/2016 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1.)
1. Agenda
Supporting documents:
- CCERA(5)-5 p1 Agenda