, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 1
Thank you. And have you faced any challenges in establishing and maintaining the register?
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 1
Thank you very much. So, I'll start, then. Could you give us an idea of how many lobbyists there are on each of the registers in Scotland?
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 1
I'd like to welcome Billy MacLaren and James Drummond to the meeting, and to ask them both to give us an overview of the Scotland lobbying register.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Welcome, members of the committee, to this meeting of the Standards of Conduct Committee. The meeting is bilingual, interpretation is available and we have no apologies given to us this morning.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Thank you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Thank you, Chair. One final question from me, this time on Jobs Growth Wales+, to ask the panel how well equipped they feel that programmes like Jobs Growth Wales+ are to reach the young people who are furthest from engagement and support for employability or…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
So, you haven't found that there were any students who were excluded from digital delivery because they haven't got access to a laptop or to internet at home?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Can I just ask Barry a quick follow-up question on that?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Yes, please, Chair. I'll turn to the digital challenge now. So, the pandemic obviously led to an increase in the use of digital spaces to deliver some training and skills programmes and we understand that a lot of that is still ongoing. So, I wanted to ask…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Okay, thank you. So, I wanted to ask some questions around the young person's guarantee in general. My first question, I think witnesses have covered this to some extent already, but I'll ask it anyway in case there are other things that people want to add…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Thank you, Chair. Before I ask my own set of questions, just on that point in relation to EMA, clearly the budgetary pressures anticipated on the Welsh Government are immense moving forward, so I just wanted to ask the witnesses if there are any areas within…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Minister, I mentioned, during First Minister's questions yesterday, my recent visit to Capcoch Primary School in Abercwmboi to see the work they do to tackle child poverty, which has been praised by Estyn. Their interventions include things like a clothes…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Trefnydd, last week I visited Capcoch Primary School in Abercwmboi to see the wonderful and truly heart-warming work that the school does to try and combat the effects of child poverty. The school's proactive interventions, including a clothes exchange, a…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Thank you, Minister.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Okay, thank you. One final question from me, then. A person guilty of an offence is liable to a maximum of six months' imprisonment or an unlimited fine under the Bill. We were wondering as a committee why you didn't use the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Thank you. And other stakeholders that we spoke to were calling for a ban on the sale of snares as well as on their manufacture and possession. There was some concern that maybe the ban wouldn't be as effective if sale wasn't included. So, how would you…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
So, to your mind, would those conservation projects still be able to operate but just using other means of capturing those animals?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
We did have one stakeholder who said that banning snares could compromise conservation projects and endanger priority species under section 7 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 and that that would then be a breach of the duty for Welsh Ministers to take all…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Thank you. My next question I was going to ask was whether you believe that the so-called humane cable restraints could be licensed for exceptional purposes that comply with the agreement on international humane trapping standards, but I think you've already…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Okay, thank you. And I'll move on to snares now. Did you consider defining snares in the Bill, because we certainly found from our discussions with stakeholders that there have been some differences in opinions as to maybe what constitutes a snare?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Thank you. And county council smallholdings have often been a route-way for new entrants, and we heard calls there for the Bill to have powers for Ministers to scrutinise and sign off rural estate plans and any local authority proposals for farm disposals to…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 10
Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Minister. Some questions first of all on new entrants. We know that getting new entrants to come into farming has long been a concern here in Wales, and we did hear a suggestion that the Bill could place a duty on Government to…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you, Minister. Garth Bakery has been a prominent employer in Cynon Valley and also an important part of the local economy for over 36 years, so the news that it has gone into administration is a grave blow indeed. This is particularly so for the around…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
1. Will the Minister make a statement on the recent news that Garth Bakery has gone into administration? TQ678
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Minister. The announcement that you would be de-escalating Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board's maternity and neonatal services from special measures was very welcome indeed. I think this was testament to the hard work that has gone in from health…
