, 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.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Right.
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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.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Pered.
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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…
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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.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Pered, go ahead, yes.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
James.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
No pressure. [Laughter.]
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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.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
And with that we're going to go directly now—if I can summon up my own papers here on my laptop—into the first substantive item of today, because we have no apologies; we've got a full turnout from our committee members. We're delighted to have in front of us…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everybody, to this afternoon's session of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. We're meeting here today not in virtual session at all, but actually all present and correct here in committee room 4 in Tŷ Hywel. We have business to get…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone, good afternoon to you all.
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Brynle Williams, my apologies.
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
The Counsel General, the Minister, like me, will have been on many protests of different types over the years. And, in fact, over the decades, and indeed over generations and centuries, in Wales, there has been a vigorous tradition of public protest, and it's…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
5. What assessment has the Counsel General made of the impact of the UK Government's Public Order Bill on Wales? OQ59004
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I thank the Counsel General for that answer and, indeed, there has been progress, working with partners in the legal profession, with the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, with colleges and further education providers over the last few years to get to…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
2. What assessment has the Counsel General made of the impact of the apprenticeship levy on legal training in Wales? OQ59002
