, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Animal Welfare
Thank you so much. Madison, can I come to you, then, and ask you specifically to expand on your comments in the written evidence that more needs to be done to regulate cat breeding?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Animal Welfare
That's fine. Paula.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Animal Welfare
Thank you very much. Madison, can I ask you next, please?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Animal Welfare
There you go—I'm unmuted. Thank you very much, and thank you all for being here today. So, I'm just going to ask some questions about breeding now, cat and dog breeding, and just to start, really, by getting all of your thoughts on the implementation of the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you all; thank you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you. And finally, Dylan.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you, Gareth. George, do you have anything as well, please?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you, Gwyn. Can I bring you in next, Gareth?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you all very much. I actually had the pleasure of visiting a local family-run farm in my constituency recently—extremely innovative. Everything that they do has climate action at the forefront, and I was just wondering, because I asked—I asked the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
That's great. Thank you very much, Gwyn, and over to you now, Gareth.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you so much, Dylan. Can I come to you, now, Gwyn?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you. If I can come to Dylan next, please.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you, Chair. So, I'm going to ask some questions about climate change and climate action, which is very apt considering we have COP26 happening at the moment. So, specifically, the Welsh Government recently launched its 'Net Zero Wales' carbon budget for…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you so much, and that's the end of my questions. So, thank you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Wonderful, thank you very much. And finally, Dylan.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you. George, I could see you nodding along with a lot of that then. Can I bring you in next, please?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you very much. Gwyn, can I come to you next, please?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Priorities for the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee - Farming organisations
Thank you, Chair, and thank you, everyone, this morning. We've touched on an awful lot here and I just wanted to drill down a little bit more into what some of you have said about the UK framework for farm support. So, the Minister recently told us that a…
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General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you. Just a couple of questions, then, quickly, on the Jobs Growth Wales+ scheme that you mentioned. Can you set out for us what makes this scheme distinctive from the legacy schemes that it's replacing and how it improves on them?
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General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Brilliant. Thank you very much. This was discussed in the previous term, but the use of the shared and degree apprenticeships—it seemed like they were a really good way of combining working and studying. I was just wondering: have you had any conversations…
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General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Chair. We're going to have some questions about skills now, which, obviously, you've touched on quite a few times this morning, Minister. Just to kick start, really, with the young person's guarantee, could you tell us a bit more about how it's…
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General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Minister, and thank you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you. You mentioned the trade unions and I just wanted to highlight that USDAW, the trade union, did a survey recently of 4,000 of its members asking them about how they've been feeling about working in retail, and almost three quarters said they feel…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Minister. That actually answers my question, because I was going to move on to the skills aspect as well, so thank you. Then, I wanted to have a look more specifically at the retail sector. Again, in the fifth Senedd, the Economy, Infrastructure…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
I'm going to ask some questions about hospitality, tourism and the retail sector. Going back to the beginning of this year, in March 2021, the Welsh Government published a new recovery strategy for the tourism, hospitality and events sector, 'Let's Shape the…
