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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Great. Vikki, final question.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Andrew.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Gareth, I'll come to you next, virtually.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Okay. Thank you. Rhys.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Let's start with you, Dylan.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Thank you. The clock has pretty much beaten us, but I will allow Vikki to come back and just ask her final two questions. And then, in response to these questions, we'll ask each of the panellists—. If you've got any further comments you want to add, in terms…
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Anyone else? Anything to add, Andrew?
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Who wants to start with that? Rhys.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Okay, thank you, Vikki. I'll come back to you. I'm going to bring in Hefin now—Hefin David, who's also joining us virtually.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Diolch yn fawr iawn. I want to bring in Vikki Howells now, who's joining us virtually this morning. So, Vikki, over to you.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Andrew.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Diolch. Luke. Luke Fletcher.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
I can see everybody nodding.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
That's great. Thank you. I'm going to come to Sam Kurtz in a second. If I can just encourage the panellists, if you can be really succinct, we may be able to get all of you in. It would be great—. If you dissent with a comment made by somebody else, then…
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
If you can be brief, because we've got lots of questions to get through.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Okay, excellent. Sarah Murphy.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Diolch, Rhys. I can see that other people are nodding, and I can see people wanting to come in. Is there anything to add specifically to that point that you have, or if not, we'll move swiftly on to the next question? Is that all right?
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Thanks for that. So, one of the suggestions that has been put to this committee and other committees is that the Bill's going to add some complexity and unnecessary bureaucracy to the current system of support that the Welsh Government gives to the food and…
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Thank you, Dylan. And I'll come to you now, Gareth. Do you want to tell us where the Farmers Union of Wales is at in respect of the Bill, just briefly?
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
Diolch, Rhys. Dylan, do you want to add anything?
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
And Rhys. Rhys Evans, do you want to give us your perspective?
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3
So, without further ado, we'll get straight into item 3 on our agenda, where we are taking further evidence on the Food (Wales) Bill. This is our third evidence session on the Bill so far and our first panellists are going to be giving us some oral evidence…
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Papers to note
We've got three papers to note. We've got a letter from the Minister for Economy on the ministerial forum for trade meeting, which took place on 9 January 2023. I will take it that that is noted. Item 2.2, we've got a letter from the Chair of the Climate…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you very much. Any further declarations? I can't see that there are any, so we'll go on to item 2 on the agenda.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you very much for that drama and start to the meeting. I'm delighted to be able to Chair this meeting today. I can see that all the participants are present, so we'll go straight into the items on our agenda. I want to welcome our panellists today…
