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Transcript: Transcript for 04/10/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest Minutes: The
Chair welcomed John Griffiths AM to the meeting as a permanent member of the
Committee. The Chair placed on record his thanks to Dawn Bowden AM for her contribution to the
work of the Committee. Andrew
R T Davies AM declared an interest as a farmer. |
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11.00 - 12.30 |
Scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs Lesley
Griffiths AM, Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs Tim
Render, Director, Land, Nature and Food Christianne
Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales Keith
Smyton, Head of Food Division Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee questioned Lesley Griffiths AM, Cabinet Secretary for Energy,
Planning and Rural Affairs on the Welsh Government’s response to its report,
Rethinking Food in Wales: Public Procurement of Food. During
the session, the Cabinet Secretary agreed to: • share with the Committee a copy of her recent
correspondence with Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs in relation to the provisions on the red meat levy within the UK
Agriculture Bill; • provide the Committee with further
details of steps she had taken, and intends to take, to increase capacity and
expertise within her department to prepare for the UK’s departure from the
European Union, including: i. confirmation of the total number of
staff recruited and the vacancies yet to be filled, and ii. the total funding allocation from within her
departmental budget to meet the cost of additional staff and the associated
opportunity cost; and • clarify the time period for which the
disapplication of paragraph 6.2 of TAN 1 will be in place. |
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Paper(s) to note |
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Correspondence from the Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs - UK Agricultural Bill Supporting documents: Minutes: The
Committee noted the correspondence from the Chair of the Constitutional and
Legislative Affairs Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and
Rural Affairs in relation to the UK Government’s Agriculture Bill. |
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for item 5 Minutes: The
Committee resolved to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting. |
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(12.30 - 12.40) |
Discussion of oral evidence session Minutes: The
Committee discussed the evidence received from the Cabinet Secretary for Energy,
Planning and Rural Affairs. Members requested the following from: A
note from Legal Services on the Assembly’s legislative competence in relation
to food labelling, and A
note from the Research Service on the provisions within the French Agriculture
Bill relating to public food procurement. |