, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill—Stage 2 Consideration
Thank you for that, Minister, and welcome to you all. So, the marshalled list of amendments is the list of all the amendments that have been tabled, marshalled into the order that has been agreed by the committee on 16 February. The groupings list shows how…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill—Stage 2 Consideration
So, we'll got straight to item 2 on our agenda, the Agriculture (Wales) Bill Stage 2 consideration. We're undertaking Stage 2 proceedings today for the Agriculture (Wales) Bill. We have the Minister with us today, Lesley Griffiths, and her officials. Would…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you very much. Are there any other declarations? There aren't any.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning, everybody, and welcome to today's meeting of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. I'll move to item 1 on our agenda today, which is introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest. We haven't received any…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
So, we've had no apology, there's no admission of a crisis, and we've seen poor judgment exercised in your refusal to positively engage with other political parties, and some on your own back benches, to try and resolve situations that we've been confronted…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
No, I won't, Joyce.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Presiding Officer. I must say, I'm rather disappointed with the way that this debate has gone at times, because we tabled the no-confidence motion today with a very heavy heart, not because of politics but because, frankly, of poor judgment. And…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
You have wholehearted support on these benches for consequentials from the HS2 project and the Northern Powerhouse project coming into Wales. That is our position, and that is very clear. Can I ask you what you're doing to make sure that there's a fair share…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Let's have a look at the evidence, shall we? Let's look at transport—let's look at transport: £800 million you're investing in a metro system in south Wales; north Wales, a paltry £50 million for the north Wales metro. Let's have a look at the airport that…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Well, I’m afraid that answer didn’t give me a great deal of hope, Minister. As you know, this is £180 million-worth extra that is coming to Wales, and this is on top of—this is on top of—£600 million that was announced in the autumn statement last year. So…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Diolch, Llywydd. As the Minister for north Wales, can you tell us how the Welsh Government is ensuring that people across the north Wales region will benefit from the additional funding that was announced in the Chancellor’s budget for growth last week?
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you for that response, Minister. I recognise that local authority members themselves are responsible for setting council tax, but as you will know, in Conwy, local residents there are facing an eye-watering increase in their council tax bills of 9.9 per…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
7. Will the Minister make a statement on council tax rises in north Wales? OQ59306
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, can I call for two statements from the Government, please, this week? The first is on standards of stroke care in Wales. The Stroke Association recently circulated information that showed that the latest sentinel stroke national audit programme…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
I'll now move on to item 7 on our agenda, and propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting. Are Members content? I can see that you are, so we'll move into private…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
And on that note, we'll bring this evidence session to a close. Thank you very much, Minister, for your attendance, and to you, Duncan Hamer, Chris Hale and Jo Salway. You'll receive a copy of the transcript of today's proceedings so that you can correct any…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Are there any further questions from Members? I can see that there aren't, so I'll ask one final question, if I may. You touched on HS2 earlier on, and I think it's only fair to allow you to tell us what the Welsh Government's thinking is on the potential…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Okay, Hefin. Thank you very much indeed. Sam Kurtz.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
It did seem to us as though the development bank were owning that target as well for themselves, so it's good to get the clarity, and, yes, I think a written note would be helpful. Can I come to Hefin now on regional development funding?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
That's right.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
So, it's not just development bank—
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
I'm wondering: do you have a different definition than them?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Okay. Thank you for that, Minister. I'm going to come to Luke Fletcher.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Vikki. Can I just ask, in terms of the whole decarbonisation agenda, Minister, obviously one of the big carbon-consuming industries in Wales is steel. We know that and we want Wales to be able to produce the greenest steel in the world, and, of…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Okay. Vikki Howells, I'm going to come to you.
