1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
It's not just eggs and support for the poultry sector and the impact that that might have on the environment, is it? Do you accept that, that there are other areas?
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Can I ask, Minister, about this issue of misalignment? It's been suggested to us that there are other examples of misalignment, and I'm sorry these haven't been picked up by you yet, but one is the planning system, which allows for fast-food restaurants…
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
And of course, the Finance Committee will report on the financial implications of the Bill and look at that in some detail. Sam Kurtz.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Okay. Luke Fletcher.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
But you'd have to do that by giving them direction to consider these things more, would you, Minister?
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you. I'll bring Vikki Howells back in now, if that's okay, Vikki. Then over to Luke.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thanks, Hefin. Sarah Murphy.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Okay, Vikki. We'll come over now to Hefin. Hefin David.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Okay. Vikki Howells.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you. Luke Fletcher, you wanted to come in before I come to Vikki Howells.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Okay. Thank you for that. I'm going to hand over now to Sarah Murphy.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Okay. You mention the well-being of future generations Act; of course, the future generations commission supports the Bill as well. And, of course, in the fifth Senedd, there was a committee, the committee on climate change, which called for a more integrated…
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Do you mind me asking what do you think that Peter's vision is outlining that you may be able to do more quickly?
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Welcome to you, Edel, too. Obviously, after today's meeting, you'll get a copy of the transcript of the proceedings. With your permission, Minister, we'll go straight into questions, if that's okay, but feel free to give a little introductory statement as…
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Welcome, Elizabeth.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
We'll move on, then, to item 3 on today's agenda, the Food (Wales) Bill, evidence session number 7. This is an important session, of course, because we have with us today the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd. We're delighted to have…
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Papers to note
We've got a couple of papers to note. The first is a letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd in relation to the Finance Committee's request to ensure that the Welsh Government's responses to the Finance Committee report on…
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to you all. It's great to able to chair this committee in the absence of my colleague Paul Davies, who I'm sure we all wish the very best for the treatment that he's currently undergoing. The only apology we have is from Paul today. Are there any…
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. Welcome to this meeting of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee, and a happy St David's Day to all of you.
28 February 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
You sacked them for doing that.
28 February 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
—if I may, Deputy Presiding Officer? Lots of these executives have a close working relationship with people, understandably, in your Government department, including, of course, the chief executive of NHS Wales. I want to know what the chief executive of NHS…
28 February 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Because that will be a third report pointing to problems in that executive team. Can I ask one final question—
28 February 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
'We found clear and deep-seated fractures within the Executive Team', 'we have significant doubt as to whether working relationships'— this is within the executive team—'are reparable'. There are 'significant problems with working relationships within the…
28 February 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I listened very carefully to your statement, Minister, and I didn't hear an apology to the people of north Wales for the failure of this Welsh Government to sort out the deep-seated problems in our health board in the…
28 February 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Net-zero Skills Strategy
Can I thank the Minister for an advance copy of his statement? As you’ll know, we on these benches have been calling for you to bring forward your net-zero skills strategy for many months, so we’re finally glad that it has been published. Because you're quite…
