, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
But don't you think the current wording does that anyway, 'the persons Welsh Ministers consider appropriate'? 'Appropriate' could mean an independent person. I know it's a play on words here, but 'any other persons the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate' I…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I'm going to move on to something else, if that's all right. I think we could be here all day talking about targets and I know we're short of time, Chair. It's just a little bit about wording, because in section 5(1)(b), where it refers to 'other persons the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. That's fine.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes. On one point on the targets—and I'm a big believer that Government should have targets, they should have deadlines on targets and proper reporting mechanisms for them—the Bill requires the Welsh Ministers to report on food targets, but it doesn't impose…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
And I think it's really important, Chair, to get on the record, from Alun's point earlier, that we do support backbench business in this committee, and I do think it is incumbent on Government to work with backbench Members to try and bring things forward…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
You talk about not being the Minister and other people enacting it. How much engagement did you have with the Minister for rural affairs in actually shaping this Bill? As you said, in an ideal world, you'd like to enact it yourself, but what engagement did…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
It's back now, Chair. It's back.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
On that point, in an ideal world, Peter, I'd love you to be the rural affairs Minister, but, in the near distant future, I can't see that happening—[Interruption.] But one thing that—. I've lost my train of thought now. I've lost it now. Thank you very much…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
That's fine.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
What I'm trying to get at, Peter, is whether the analysis has been done, though—that, if this comes in, will anything else need to change as a consequence of doing it?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Can I have one more, perhaps to the legal team? One thing I always worry about is the unintended consequence of legislation. It could undermine other pieces of legislation, which means that other pieces need to be changed to adapt, or when a new Bill comes…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes, I want to move away from that, if that's okay, Peter. I wish you very well and I just want to thank you and your staff for bringing this forward, and the Commission staff also for helping you. And I hope we do bring this in; I think it's well needed in…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
I'd like to thank the Deputy Minister for your answer. I could have addressed this question to the Minister for Social Justice earlier as well. The recent and developing reports about the Welsh Rugby Union are deeply alarming. We've been told that, at the…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
2. What discussions has the Welsh Government had with the Welsh Rugby Union regarding the claims of a sexist culture reported by the BBC? TQ714
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
It's actually on the procurement of local food, and the Minister did say that the Government's—. Well, we're missing a trick in not actually using public bodies to procure local food. In the procurement Bill, that could be addressed, and it's our job as a…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I've been looking through the submissions that have come through. The farming unions, the National Farmers Union, Country Land and Business Association, Farmers Union of Wales and others, are actually very supportive of this food Bill and actually have been…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
No, no.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes. I've got hundreds of questions, but I'm in the wrong committee probably. I should be in—.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
That's fine.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
It's issues around Brexit, halfway house. But, on that specific point, I know it's probably going away from the legislation side of it, what discussions have you had with UK Government around this? Because I think—. I would like to see country of origin on…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Can I have one—? I know one thing, when Peter started, and something that the Countryside Alliance were very keen on, was the country of origin on labelling. That was something that Peter was going to put in the Bill. I'm pretty certain that's probably a…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes. I do have sympathy with the Member, and after what I've heard sitting here, I've just listed things down. It is binding everything together, because Welsh Government do have an awful lot of strategies—'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales', the local food…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Just quickly, you were saying about the future generations commissioner—and, obviously, with the future generations Act—how can Welsh Government ensure that the future generations commissioner is working on the community food strategy, with everything else…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Just one final question, if I can. You talked about the future generations and well-being Act, and there are provisions in that to make sure that some of these things in Peter's Bill can be accomplished. Can you give some examples of where you think that that…
