Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 3 – Senedd

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 14 November 2024

Meeting time: 10.25
For further information contact:

Robert Donovan

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEconomy@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting

(10.10-10.25)

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Public meeting

(10.25-14.05)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(10.25)

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2 Papers to note

(10.25)

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2.1 The Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024

(Pages 1 - 2)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 11 October 2024

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2.2 Legislative Consent: Product Regulation and Metrology Bill

(Page 3)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning - 15 October 2024

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2.3 Petition P-06-1403 Reconsider cuts to Postgraduate funding and increase Doctoral Loans to match UKRI Stipend

(Pages 4 - 5)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee to Committee Chairs - 16 October 2024

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2.4 Tourism Industry - Request for updated information

(Pages 6 - 7)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning - 21 October 2024

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2.5 Hybu Cig Cymru Operations and Delivery

(Pages 8 - 13)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Hybu Cig Cymru - 21 October 2024

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2.6Consultation on amendments to the Joint Fisheries Statement

(Pages 14 - 19)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 21 October 2024
Letter from the Chair to stakeholders - 22 October 2024
Response letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 6 November 2024

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2.7 Animal health and welfare - Use of Raised Laying Units for pheasants and partridges by the game sector in Wales

(Pages 20 - 21)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to Aim to Sustain Partners - 22 October 2024

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2.8 Joint Senedd Committee visit to Ireland

(Pages 22 - 29)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee to the Head of the Welsh Government Office - Dublin - 22 October 2024
Letter from the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee to the Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media - 22 October 2024
Letter from the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee to the Arts Council Ireland - 22 October 2024
Letter from the Chair of the  Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee to the Cathaoirleach - 24 October 2024

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2.9 Scrutiny of Draft Budget 2025-26

(Pages 30 - 44)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 28 October 2024
Letter from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning - 28 October 2024
Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership - 28 October 2024

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2.10 Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

(Page 45)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 29 October 2024

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2.11 Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024

(Pages 46 - 47)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 31 October 2024

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2.12 Reporting deadlines for legislative consent memoranda

(Pages 48 - 49)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Llywydd, and Chair of the Business Committee - 1 November 2024

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2.13 Petition P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales

(Pages 50 - 51)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee - 4 November 2024

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2.14 The Sea Fisheries (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2024

(Page 52)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change - 5 November 2024

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2.15 Inter-Parliamentary engagement

(Page 53)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of Commons - 6 November 2024

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2.16 Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

(Page 54)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 7 November 2024

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3The Foundational Economy: Panel 5

(10.25-11.25) (Pages 55 - 78)

Sarah Simmonds, Director of Workforce and Organisational Development, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Ali Abdi, Community Gateway Partnerships Manager, Cardiff University

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Evidence Paper - Aneurin Bevan Health University Health Board

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Break

(11.25-11.45)

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4 The Foundational Economy: Panel 6 - Ministerial session

(11.45-12.45) (Pages 79 - 94)

Rebecca Evans MS, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, Welsh Government

Aine Gawthorpe, Deputy Director, Foundation Economy and Industrial Transformation, Welsh Government

Duncan Hamer, Director of Operations - Business and Regions, Welsh Government

Stephen Layne, Deputy Director, Fair Work, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
Evidence paper - Welsh Government

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Break

(12.45-12.50)

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5 General Ministerial Scrutiny - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership

(12.50-14.05) (Pages 95 - 127)

Rebecca Evans MS, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, Welsh Government

Jack Sargeant MS, Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership, Welsh Government

Duncan Hamer, Director of Operations - Business and Regions, Welsh Government

Andrew Gwatkin, Director - International Relations and Trade, Welsh Government

Jo Salway, Director - Social Partnership, Employability and Fair Work, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Evidence paper - Welsh Government

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6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

(14.05)

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Private meeting

(14.05-14.30)

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7 Consideration of evidence following the meeting

(14.05-14.20)

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8 Legislative Consent: Product Regulation and Metrology Bill

(14.20-14.25)

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9 Joint Senedd Committee visit to Ireland

(14.25-14.30) (Pages 128 - 141)

Attached Documents:
Visit report: Cross-Committee visit to Ireland

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