, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Okay. Thank you very much.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Yes. Okay, thank you. We'll keep a close eye on that, and we may need to follow up that and other issues in writing, if that's okay. But, with apologies to colleagues, because we couldn't cover everything, we'll go through this in private session and look at…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
So, at this very moment, we simply don't know whether the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill will impact on this Bill.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Yes. Look, we've gone over time, Minister, and I know you'll have other things that you want to get on to, and my apologies to colleagues, because we wanted to touch on a range of other areas that we'll need to write to you on. But could I just ask you one…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Okay. That's leaving it open to us.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Okay. Brilliant. Can I just ask, in the light of the fact that you've described this as a framework Bill, and from your approach to it it feels a little bit like that, is this a Bill, then, where if we do not have— If you were taking some of those regulations…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Okay. We're definitely moving on. Would that, also like this one—. You've described this one as a framework Bill; would that also be a framework Bill, anticipating futureproofing, lots of regulations and so on?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Right, okay. Would this make provision for national minimum standards?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Right, okay. So, there could well be an agriculture Bill mark 2. Clearly, legislative time within this Senedd—. Within this Senedd or a subsequent Senedd?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you. We're not going to get through all the questions; I know we'll have to write to you in advance, unless we can keep you for another half an hour or so. But let's see how far we can get. From much of what you've scoped out, it seems clear to us that…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you, Mabon. Thank you, Minister. We're going to move away from this for a moment, certainly from issues of glue traps, anyway. James, take us on to the UK internal market.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you very much. Mabon.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
It was good; I recommend it.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you, Mike. James, you wanted to come in on this as well.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you, Mabon—brilliant. Mike, we'll come to you to take us on to a very different area.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Okay. That's helpful. Thank you. Sorry, Mabon.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
There's such a myriad of areas of policy that you're currently working on, some of which will be brought in at slightly different times. Would it be your intent that this comes in front of the Senedd—that it isn't simply a flicked switch with the regulation…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
So, what is your—just to follow up, Mabon—in-principle approach to whether these provisions should actually come in front of the Senedd, bearing in mind there are different timescales of when they will commence?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
While you meditate on that for a moment, Mabon, let's come back to you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Shall we—while you—[Interruption.]
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
James, you'd like to come in on this, if that's okay, Mabon.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Okay. Okay, thanks. Mabon, over to you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Yes, that's great. Thanks. I'm going to pass to Mabon in a moment, but just to push you a tiny bit further on the areas that James has been doing. I guess the concern that we have when we look at a Bill like this that's been in fruition for such a long time…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Okay. Thank you very much. Sorry, James, for interrupting.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Yes. Okay. How do you respond to those various outside organisations that say, 'Actually, you've got some really well-worked definitions that already exist out there'? Some of them are very contemporary. Wouldn't it be just simpler, for clarity for the people…
