Completed work and Published Reports – Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Completed work and Published Reports – Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Pages relating to the completed work and published reports of the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee can be accessed using the links below.

 

Continuing work

Inquiry title

Report

General scrutiny of the Minister for Economy

 

General scrutiny of the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

 

Common frameworks - Sixth Senedd

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>>>Fisheries Management and Support Common Framework

>>>Agricultural support common framework

>>>Animal health and welfare Common framework

>>>Plant health Common Framework

>>>Plant Varieties and Seeds Common Framework

>>>Organics Common framework

>>>Fertiliser Common Framework

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Report (PDF 480KB) – December 2022

Report (PDF 131KB) – April 2022

 

Cost of Living

Report (PDF 1408KB)
July 2022

Welsh Government response (PDF 229KB)
September 2022

Drainage Districts

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Future of Welsh Steel

Letter from the Chair to the UK Government and Welsh Government – 18 July 2024 (PDF 205KB)

UK Government response – 9 August 2024 (PDF 166KB)

Welsh Government response – 28 August 2024 (PDF 161KB)

Windsor Framework and the Border Target Operating Model

Report:
Border Target Operating Model: A view from Wales (PDF 3.6MB)
29 October 2024

 

Inquiries

Inquiry title

Report

Date completed

Inward investment

Report (PDF 2.2MB)

 

Local Growth Fund

Report (PDF 3.02MB)

 

March 2026

Food Processing

Report (PDF 1.71MB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 165KB)

March 2026

Soil Health in Agriculture

 

Report (PDF 1.53MB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 248KB)

February 2026

Hybu Cig Cymru

Report (PDF 821KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 226KB)

December 2025

Apprenticeship pathways

Report (PDF 1,791KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 192KB)

Medr response (PDF 1,604KB)

November 2025

AI and the Welsh Economy

Report (PDF 2,124KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 237KB)

September 2025

City and Growth Deals

Letter from the Chair to the Welsh Government and Welsh Office, House of Commons (PDF 228KB)

Welsh Government Response (PDF 152KB)

UK Government response (PDF 122KB)

September 2025

The Foundational Economy

Report (PDF 3.3MB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 166KB)

July 2025

Holyhead Port Storm Damage and Closure

Report (PDF 2.34MB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 195KB)

July 2025

Green economy

Report (PDF 2.62MB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 123KB)

June 2025

Development Bank of Wales

Report (PDF 602KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 262KB)

November 2024

Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS)

Report (PDF 358KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 7,256 KB)

October 2024

Farming Connect

Report (PDF 2,229KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 182KB)

October 2024

Research and Development

 

Report (PDF 687KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 252KB)

May 2024

Nuclear energy and the Welsh economy

Report (PDF 1,044KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 227KB)

UK Government response (PDF 147KB)

April 2024

Post-EU regional development funding

Report (PDF 2619KB)

Welsh Government Response (PDF 194KB)

November 2023

Manufacturing in Wales

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August 2023

UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement

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June 2022

UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement

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December 2022

Hospitality, retail and tourism issues

Report (PDF 1400KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 209 KB)

November 2022

Agricultural Pollution Regulations

Report (PDF 960KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 139KB)

October 2022

Bovine TB

Report (PDF 249KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 185KB)

July 2022

HGV Driver Shortage and Supply Chain Issues

Report (PDF 188KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 247KB)

January 2022

Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee

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July 2020

 

Welsh Government Draft Budget

Report

Date completed

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27

Report (PDF 496KB)

Welsh Government response:

Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning (PDF 245KB)

Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs (PDF 139KB)

February 2026

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26

 

Report (PDF 391KB)

Welsh Government response:

Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (PDF 187KB)

Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs (PDF 107KB)

February 2025

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

Report (PDF 329KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 310KB)

February 2024

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24

Report (PDF 265KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 257KB)

February 2023

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23

Report (PDF 197KB)

Welsh Government response:

Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd (PDF 467KB)

Minister for Economy (PDF 393KB)

February 2022

 

Legislation

Report

Date completed

Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill

Stage 1 Report (PDF 2.5MB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 284KB)

 

Food (Wales) Bill)

Stage 1 Report (PDF 1,634KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 236KB)

May 2023

Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023

Stage 1 Report (PDF 1,491KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 248KB)

January 2023

 

Legislative Consent Memorandum

Title

Report

Date completed

Legislative Consent: Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill

Report (PDF 195KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 145KB)

July 2025

Legislative Consent: Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill (2024 - 2025)

Report (PDF 201KB)

July 2025

Legislative Consent: Employment Rights Bill

Report (PDF 184KB)

March 2025

Legislative Consent: Product Regulation and Metrology Bill

Report (PDF 215KB)

Welsh Government response (PDF 75KB)

January 2025

Legislative Consent: Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill

Report (PDF 258KB)

March 2024

Legislative Consent: Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill

Report (PDF 259KB)

March 2024

Legislative Consent: Non-Domestic Rating Bill

Report (PDF 132KB)

June 2023

Legislative Consent: Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

Report (PDF 113KB)

March 2023

Legislative Consent: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill

Report (PDF 116KB)

March 2023

Legislative Consent: Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

Report (PDF 151KB

February 2023

Legislative Consent: Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill

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January 2023

Legislative Consent: Shark Fins Bill

Report (PDF 142KB)

January 2023

Legislative Consent: Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill: Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 2)

Report (PDF 143KB)       

March 2022

Legislative Consent: Professional Qualifications Bill: Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No.2)

Report (PDF 130KB)

February 2022

Legislative Consent: The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill

Report (PDF 105KB)

February 2022

Legislative Consent: Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill

Report (PDF 117KB)

November 2021

Legislative Consent: Subsidy Control Bill

Report (PDF 195KB)

November 2021

Legislative Consent: Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

Report (PDF 143KB)

October 2021

Legislative Consent: Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill

Report (PDF 114KB)

October 2021

Legislative Consent: Professional Qualifications Bill

Report (PDF 130KB)

September 2021

 

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First published: 24/06/2021

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