, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
We'll turn first of all to item 4 on our agenda for today in public, instruments that raise issues—. Oh, my apologies. Oh, my apologies, my apologies. Sorry. Item 3, instruments that raise issues—I was leaping ahead—to be reported to the Senedd under Standing…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Croeso nôl—welcome back—to the reconvening of this afternoon's session of our committee. We've just finished an evidence session with Peter Fox on his private Member's Bill that he is hoping to take forward. We've just considered evidence on that, and we'll…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
We'll send you the transcript so you can look through it for accuracy as well. So, thank you very much. We'll just take a little breather while Peter and his colleagues leave before we return to our main business. If Members are happy we'll go for a short…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. Well, I applaud your diligence and your commitment, and the assistance that you've had here as well. We'll, obviously, as well as writing to you, discuss it in private, about our remit within this committee towards it, but can I just say, on behalf of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay, we have run over time. We will write to you with a fairly long list of some detailed questions that we haven't had time to get to, but I think we've dealt with some substantive issues here. We started by asking about the necessity of this legislation…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
James.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
We're slightly short on—. Tyler, you wanted to come in.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Diolch. Alun, is there anything you want to take us on to here? We've got about seven minutes left. I don't know how you're pressed on time. The time is flying.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thanks, James. We'll go on, then, to look at issues around the food commission and the national food strategy. Pered, it's in your hands.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thanks, Pered. James, are you content or do you want to go further?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Pered, did you want to come in on this?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
It's going to be inevitable that, in an hour, we're not going to get through all the detail that we want to, so I'll say already we're going to have to write to you with quite a number of detailed questions that follow up from this, but did you want to go on…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you, Peter. We're going to go to Alun now to have a look at some of the food goals and targets within this, if you would, Alun.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Right.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
We'll come back to you. We've probably covered the issues of the social partnership Bill and future generations—
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
We are definitely including that quote in our report, come what may—that, in an ideal world, Peter would be the Minister.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Pered.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay, brilliant. Thanks for that. Look, just in those opening one or two questions, we've managed to use up a third of the time available to us already. But it's a very important one, a necessity for this. You've put forward your case eloquently…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you, Aled. One of the other Chairs' standard questions you'll know from your previous experience on this committee: are you confident that this falls within the competence of the Senedd?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. Just to clarify on the UK Internal Market Act, as far as you're concerned, this is clear of any impacts for that.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Pered, go ahead, yes.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
James.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
No pressure. [Laughter.]
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. Look, thank you for that. You've articulated a strong defence there of the necessity for this Bill, but I'm going to pass to Alun and James. Just one remark: when the Minister was in front of us, as you will have seen, she certainly relied upon the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you, Peter. Tyler, you wanted to come in there, and I think Alun and then James. Tyler.
