Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 1&2 Senedd

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 7 December 2022

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Robert Donovan

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEconomy@senedd.wales

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Private pre-meeting (09.15-09.30)

 

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Public Meeting (09.30-12.15)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Papers to note

(09.30)                                                                                                             

 

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2.1   Letter from the Chair to the First Minister

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 3)

Attached Documents:
Second Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime

 

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2.2   Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

                                                                                                     (Pages 4 - 6)

Attached Documents:
The Animals and Animal Health, Feed and Food, Plants and Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2022

 

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2.3   Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

                                                                                                     (Pages 7 - 8)

Attached Documents:
Welsh Government's response to the Committee's report 'Scrutiny of the draft Joint Fisheries Statement'

 

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2.4   Letter from the Minister for Climate Change

                                                                                                   (Pages 9 - 19)

Attached Documents:
Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill

 

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2.5   Letter to the Minister for Economy

                                                                                                 (Pages 20 - 30)

Attached Documents:
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement - impact on Wales

 

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2.6   Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

                                                                                                 (Pages 31 - 34)

Attached Documents:
Agriculture (Wales) Bill - further questions to the Minister following the Committee meeting on 21 November

 

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2.7   Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

                                                                                                 (Pages 35 - 37)

Attached Documents:
The Organic Production (Amendment) Regulations (No. 2) 2022

 

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2.8   Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

                                                                                                 (Pages 38 - 39)

Attached Documents:
Agriculture (Wales) Bill - Schedule 1

 

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3       General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy

(09.30-11.00)                                                                           (Pages 40 - 60)

 

Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy

Sioned Evans, Director, Business and Regions

Duncan Hamer, Director of Operations, Business and Regions

Andrew Gwatkin, Director, International Relations and Trade

Helen John, Programme Director, Border Controls Programme

 

Attached Documents:
Evidence paper
Research brief

 

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Break (11.00-11.05)

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4Cost of doing business

(11.05-12.15)                                                                           (Pages 61 - 71)

 

Gwyneth Sweatman, Head of Media and Communications (Wales), Federation of Small Businesses

David Chapman, Executive Director for Wales, UKHospitality Cymru

Leighton Jenkins, Head of Policy - Wales, Confederation of British Industry

Sara Jones, Head of Wales, Welsh Retail Consortium

 

Attached Documents:
Research brief

 

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting and for the whole meeting on 14 December 2022

(12.15)                                                                                                             

 

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6       Private

(12.15-12.20)                                                                                                  

Consideration of evidence following the meeting

 

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7       Committee forward work programme - Legislative programme

(12.20-12.25)                                                                           (Pages 72 - 75)

 

Attached Documents:
Private paper – Legislative programme 2023

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