<OpeningPara>The
Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee has been set up by the Senedd to
look at policy and legislation, and to hold the Welsh Government to account in specific
areas. These areas include business, economic development, skills,
international trade, agriculture, fisheries and food.</OpeningPara>
<OpeningPara>The
Committee has six Members who come from the different parties represented in
the Senedd, and is chaired by Andrew RT Davies MS.</OpeningPara>
<OpeningPara>Find
out more about the Committee, its members, and the areas it covers
below.</OpeningPara>
News
<news>The
Committee published its report: Inward investment – 19 March
2026.</news><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=46745</link>
<news>The
Committee will next meet on Wednesday 25 March
2026.</news><link>ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=738&MId=15912&Ver=4</link>
<news>A
debate was held in Plenary on the Committee report: Local Growth Fund – 11
March
2026.</news><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=46817</link>
<news>A
debate was held in Plenary on the Committee report: Bringing home the harvest:
Supporting the Welsh food processing industry – 11 March
2026.</news><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=45864</link>
<news>A
debate was held in Plenary on the Committee report: Digging the dirt: Improving
Wales’ soil health – 4 February
2026.</news><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=45277</link>
Current Work
<inquiry>Inward
investment</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=46745</link>
<inquiry>Development
of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales)
Bill</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=46599</link>
<inquiry>UK-EU
implementation review of the Trade and Cooperation
Agreement</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=44335</link>
<inquiry>Future
of Welsh
Steel</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=42736</link>
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>>>Forward
Work Programme<link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=37432</link>
>>>Transcripts<link>http://record.senedd.wales/Search/?type=2&meetingtype=738</link>
>>>Work
Completed by the
Committee<link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=37435</link>
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Remit
The
Committee was established on 23 June 2021 to examine legislation and hold the
Welsh Government to account by scrutinising its expenditure, administration and
policy matters, encompassing (but not restricted to): economic development,
regeneration, skills, trade, research and development (including technology and
science), and rural affairs.
