, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost-of-living crisis: evidence session 4
Thank you very much. That's very interesting. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost-of-living crisis: evidence session 4
Thank you very much. And my second question, then, is: you have described in your written evidence and today that foodbanks are at breaking point. So, what more could the Welsh Government do to support foodbanks and potential alternatives through this period?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost-of-living crisis: evidence session 4
Thank you very much, Chair. I’m going to ask some questions just to dig in a bit more about tackling food poverty in the current climate. We have heard evidence that people are saying at the moment it is 100 per cent worse than it’s been, even when we had…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
I am a member of the Bevan Foundation and Bridgend Lifesavers Credit Union.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay, thank you. And is that the same for all of the panel?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you very much. And my final question: to what extent did the Member in charge work with your organisations to understand the resourcing implications of the proposals that you just presented us with?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Yes, thank you very much, Chair, and, as you said, this has been touched on already. So, especially for the local authorities, but all feel free to come in, are the cost and resource estimates in the regulatory impact assessment reasonable, especially for the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Wonderful. Thank you very much, then. Thank you very much, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Yes. Thank you very much. My final question then: it's been highlighted that it might not be possible to simultaneously achieve all of the elements of the food goals, and some could be at odds with each other. So, would you advocate a hierarchy in the goals…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Yes, of course. So, the introduced Bill now includes developing food skills to ensure better, healthier diets and well-being. So, are you content with how the education secondary food goal has been amended from the draft Bill?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you very much, Chair. So, my opening question is: the introduced Bill now includes developing food skills to ensure better, healthier diets and well-being. So, are you content with how the education secondary food goal has been amended from the draft…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Okay. Thank you very much. Diolch. Thank you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Thank you. And, Ceriann, did you want to come in?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
A follow-up question, then, which is to Eryl and Ceriann. To what extent did the Member in charge of the Bill work with your organisations to understand the resourcing implications of the proposals? Eryl, can I come to you first as we're both on screen…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Thank you very much, Chair. I'm just going to follow up with some questions on resourcing. So, again, quite an open question, but, in your view, are the costs and resource estimates included in the regulatory impact assessment reasonable, particularly for…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Thank you very much and thank you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
But you are right—they're very much aligned. So, I definitely take your point. But, before I end on the food goals, do you think that there's anything that needs to be amended in the Bill to ensure that it doesn't become a hierarchy of goals?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
I think that's going to be coming up in the next section, with one of my other colleagues.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Thank you, Eryl. That brings me on, actually—you touched on it there, but it has been highlighted that it might not be possible to simultaneously achieve all the elements of the food goals. So, some could be at odds with others. So, for other people on the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Thank you very much. Eryl, I could see you nodding. Do you want to come in?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Thank you. And then, to follow up, Ceriann, Betsi Cadwaladr has suggested that guidance is needed for interpretation of the food goals as well, and you gave a really good example in your written evidence saying that, for example, education is a setting, but…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
That's really helpful, thank you very much. Would anybody else like to come in and comment on that?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Thank you, Chair, and good morning, everyone. I'd like to start with a question to all of you. Some of our stakeholders have called for more emphasis on the nutritional value of food in the Bill in the food goals. Are you content with how the health and…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Appointment of temporary Chair
I would like to nominate Vikki Howells, please.
