Concise Minutes - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee room 5 - Tŷ Hywel

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 18 March 2026

Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.17
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15776


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Andrew RT Davies MS (Chair)

Hannah Blythyn MS

Alun Davies MS

Luke Fletcher MS

Samuel Kurtz MS

Jenny Rathbone MS

Witnesses:

 

Committee Staff:

Robert Donovan (Clerk)

Rachael Davies (Second Clerk)

Nicole Haylor-Mott (Deputy Clerk)

Sara Moran (Researcher)

Lucy Yarham (Researcher)

Ben Stokes (Researcher)

Gareth David Thomas (Researcher)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1        The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

1.2        All Members were present at the meeting, and there were no declarations of interest.

 

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2       Papers to note

2.1     The Committee noted the papers, and discussed their thoughts on item 2.1.

 

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2.1   Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee report: Bringing home the harvest: Supporting the Welsh food processing industry

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2.2   The Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 2026

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2.3   Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

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2.4   Follow-up from the General Ministerial Scrutiny session held on 25 February 2026

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2.5   Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill – Revised Explanatory Memorandum

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2.6   Follow-up from the General Ministerial Scrutiny session held on 5 March 2026

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2.7   Apprenticeship pathways

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

3.1    The Committee agreed the motion to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting.

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4       Legacy report: Consideration of draft report

4.1    The Committee discussed the content of their legacy report, and agreed to its publication following some minor amendments and additions.

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