, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with environmental organisations
Thanks, Llyr. Two questions, and they do relate to some of the conversation we've just been having: in the earlier session with farmers unions and organisations in front of us—different organisations—there was clearly a call there, as there has been for some…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with environmental organisations
I think it's a key point, but I don't know if we have time—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with environmental organisations
I just know many farmers who take such an intelligent approach to their land, and generations where they've learnt, learnt and learnt, and unlearnt stuff, in order to do things better, and then there are others who won't have that knowledge, but they'll have…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with environmental organisations
You could apply that upland and often common land approach to other areas of farming as well, but how do you get the subtly of that, the subtly of that and the knowledge of individual not just acres, but squares of land, into a scheme like this? How does…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with farming representatives
Okay. So, we'll go straight to George on this one, and then I'll invite the others to come in.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with farming representatives
With the time, Chair, I can simplify my question very much. We heard a lot in the stakeholder session last week about the challenges of this scheme for common land, but also for tenant farmers. So, rather than rehearse those once again, just take us through…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with farming representatives
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with farming representatives
So, it's not impossible.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with farming representatives
Every time there have been iterations, either at a UK level or a Wales level, and the times when I was involved in it, there have always been challenges of actually doing exactly what you've said, which is bringing farmers with a scheme, a redesign of an…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with farming representatives
Have we got time to just do a brief—?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with farming representatives
Aled, what about this time imperative?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with farming representatives
So, let me go back to the fundamental point of the timeline. If the scheme can be well designed to the satisfaction of those who will need to deliver it, if that confidence is restored that the scheme is finessed to that degree to do it, would you prefer that…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with farming representatives
So, let me put it in another way, then. Would you prefer, if the scheme was palatable to those who will have to deliver it, which will be farmers, landowners, land managers and so on, would you prefer that it proceeds pretty much on the timescale it is…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with farming representatives
If we accept that there's a shared objective here to achieve not only food security, stability for farmers, you know, and the stability of the investment, environment and so on, but also to do the imperatives around biodiversity restoration, climate change…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with farming representatives
Thank you, Chair, and it's only a brief point. I'm really taken with the idea of alternative carbon sink mechanisms and particularly within soil and grassland—very taken with that—and I think there's work to do around the evidence on that and so on, and it…
, Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Vaughan Gething.
, Plenary
The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
I'll try and make a few comments and keep them brief, again. But I think Ministers and colleagues will understand why our committee needs to put these on record there. And just to say, as well, thank you for the constructive engagement that we've had on this…
, Plenary
The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. A couple of Members have said to me this evening, 'Be brief', so I'll do my very best to curry favour with them and comply. [Laughter.] So, our report contains one technical reporting point, highlighting potential defective drafting…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Indeed, the contribution that we can make in Wales to this area, I think, is significant. And, indeed, recently in Newport—last summer—the International Mine Water Association Conference was held there, and this provided a real crucial opportunity to showcase…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Colleagues, we've gone through a fair bit of business at a fair bit of speed there. If you're happy to move into private session, can I just move a motion, under Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public? Are we content? Good. Okay, we'll go into…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Many thanks, Sam, and I think we'd all echo that as a committee—our thanks to the clerking team. On a lot of the work, when we look good, it's because our clerking teams pull together our discussions into a format that is coherent. And it is of use to other…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
And then we will go on to the papers to note. Again, we have several items in this section, section 7. The first of which, under 7.1, is to note the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly fourth meeting summary report. Just to say, colleagues, the summary…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
We’ll go on, then, straight to item 6, notifications and correspondence under the inter-institutional relations agreement. There are a few items here. Item 6.1 first of all, correspondence from the Welsh Government in relation to meetings of inter-ministerial…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.7 - previously considered
That’s great. Colleagues, any comments on this? No, we’re happy with that, then. Thank you very much.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.7 - previously considered
If there aren't any other comments, then we'll go on to item 5. There's only one item in it. These are instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.7 that we had previously considered. One item here, it's item 5.1…
