Agenda and draft minutes

1.1        The Chair welcomed Assembly Members, witnesses and members of the public to the meeting at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair.

1.2        There were no apologies or substitutions.

1.3        The Chair thanked the Young Farmers’ Clubs for allowing the meeting to be held in their building.

CAP(4)-04-11 Paper 1: National Farmers’ Union (NFU)

          Ed Bailey, President

          Mary James, Director

          Dylan Morgan, Deputy Director

CAP(4)-04-11 Paper 2: Farmers’ Union of Wales

          Emyr Jones, President

          Nick Fenwick, Director of Agricultural Policy

          Rhian Nowell-Phillips, Deputy Director of Agricultural Policy

2.1     The Committee took evidence from the National Farmers’ Union and the Farmers’ Union of Wales.

CAP(4)-04-11 Paper 3: Country Land and Business Association (CLA)

          Sue Evans, Policy Director

CAP(4)-04-11 Paper 4: Wales Young Farmers Clubs (Wales YFC)

          Dylan Jones, Chairman

Marc Jones, Rural Affairs Committee Chairman

          Kay Lewis, Development Officer

3.1     The Committee took evidence from the Country Land and Business Association and Wales Young Farmers Clubs.

4.1     The Committee held an ‘open mic’ session where members of the public asked questions and give their views on the CAP proposals.

4.2     In response to a question from Roger Davies regarding taxation on privately owned land, the Research Service agreed to prepare a short note.

4.3     William Powell asked for a briefing note on the different agri-environment schemes across the 27 States of the European Union.

Paper 1: Food for Life Evaluation

Paper 2: Soil Carbon Report Overview

Paper 3: Response from the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes on the Horizontal Regulation on financing, management and monitoring of the CAP.

5a.1   The Group noted correspondence from the Deputy Minister and the Soil Association.

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