28 April 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bovine TB panel—Academics
Thank you, Glyn. Gareth, is there anything that you'd like to add?
28 April 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bovine TB panel—Academics
Thank you, Chair. Good morning, panel. TB is a perennial problem, isn't it? And I know it's something that's not just struggled with in Wales, or the UK, but around the world as well. I know that, in some of your answers, there's already been reference to…
27 April 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I thank you, Minister, for that answer, and of course the food and drink sector is incredibly important to the Welsh economy, contributing £17.3 billion in gross sales annually. It's really important, then, that our skills policy aligns with the needs of the…
27 April 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
10. Will the Minister provide an update on Welsh Government priorities for the food and drink sector in Wales? OQ57932
26 April 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank you, First Minister, for that answer. Under the recently released and long-awaited details of the shared prosperity fund, it is clear that Wales is set to lose more than £1 billion over the next three years. Funding will also be top-sliced to support…
26 April 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
1. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the shared prosperity fund's potential to address economic inequality in Wales? OQ57939
29 March 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Coal Tip Safety
Thank you, Deputy Minister, for your statement today. The first point I want to make is a simple one: the 2,500 disused coal tips across Wales are a legacy of our industrial past and the systematic extraction of the mineral wealth from communities such as…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee Report: 'A new direction for HGV Drivers—Addressing HGV drivers shortages and related supply chain Issues'
As a member of the economy committee, I'd like to start by echoing the thanks of our Chair, Paul Davies, to all those who took part in or supported our inquiry. It's a really important subject, at its core investigating something that touches the lives of all…
22 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that update, First Minister. Cwm Taf University Health Board is closing two of its community vaccination centres, including the one in Cynon Valley. For my constituents, the closest site now will be Merthyr Tydfil. There are real challenges…
22 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. Will the First Minister provide an update on the Welsh Government's COVID-19 vaccination strategy? OQ57856
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Thanks. That's all from me, Chair.
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Thanks, Huw. You mentioned there that you've made representations to the Welsh Government as well. Can I just check whether those representations were designed to help inform the Welsh Government's own assessment of the agreement? Because we know that's due…
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Thank you, Chair. My question is to you, Huw. You've already mentioned the fact that the NFU have called for a Wales-specific impact assessment for free trade agreements, and we know the UK Government has previously rejected this. What representations have…
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thanks very much, Minister. Thank you, Chair.
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you. And finally from me on procurement: Welsh Government's procurement is obviously really important to the Welsh economy and it's an area where the Welsh Government can set an example as well. Trade unions have told us that they feel that there's a…
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you. And in terms of Welsh Government interventions, the economic contract, surely, is a key vehicle here. But when we talked to business and trade union representatives in our last session, they told us that they felt that the economic contract wasn't…
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you. I know that will come as comfort to businesses in the Cynon Valley who have raised that issue with me. I've just got a few questions now around the fair work agenda as well. Which are the main levers the Welsh Government intends to use to deliver…
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you. And there have been really strong calls from the tourism and hospitality sector for VAT to be maintained at 12.5 per cent. Have you discussed that with the UK Government, and, if not, do you have any plans to do so?
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Okay. Thank you. I'll try and go for a range of quick-fire questions now, Minister. My first will be the ever-thorny issue of business rates. So, business representatives have called for reforms to business rates to address the disadvantages that they see in…
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you. And when we're looking, for example, at the growth of the visitor economy in some of the areas of Wales that are crying out for regeneration, such as the south Wales Valleys—and I've seen photographic evidence, Minister, of how much you enjoyed…
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Chair, and good morning, Minister. I'm got some questions first of all on business support for the tourism, retail and hospitality sector. So, business representatives have called for additional funding to be made available to support capital…
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Minister. Thank you, Chair.
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Great. Thank you. One final question from me, then: I was just wondering, Minister, which activities you hope to regulate under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021?
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
And the three-year project to built expertise among local authority staff involved in licensing dog breeding—how will you assess the success of that project?
17 March 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you. Moving on to the review of the Animal Welfare (Breeding of Dogs) (Wales) Regulations 2014, Minister, can I ask how you intend to bring forward the recommendations from that review and whether the regulations will be updated?
