16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
There are real challenges.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Yes, it's one of the six.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
No. And common land does really provide us with a massive opportunity to bring forward SLM objectives—you're quite right. As we say, it is about 15 per cent, so, it is really important. As one of the six working groups, I've established a common land working…
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Yes, well, okay; I'm not going to take that suggestion forward.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
So, I'm not going to take your suggestion forward, if that's okay. [Laughter.]
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
About 15, I think, yes.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
I think it's more.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Yes.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Yes. I'm going to bring Dorian in.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
I'm going to pass over to James.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
No. I said, if they could bring forward—.They've got to provide the evidence, which they haven't been able to provide up to now, and certainly, in the response to the White Paper that James has just referred to, there wasn't the evidence there.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Six working groups. It wasn't an afterthought—it was very much a part of that. And all the working groups have come together. They all started this summer. So it's not an afterthought at all. And as I say, we have continually taken—. Well, I've met with them…
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
No. We've set up, is it six or seven working groups?
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Because, at the moment, we can't see any barriers to that. But if they came along with evidence that showed that that was the case, then obviously we would look at it.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Yes.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Well—.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
I'm happy to look—. If I saw evidence, I could bring forward amendments, yes.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
I mentioned that we hadn't seen the evidence to support the issue that Huw raised. I don't want to pre-empt, but the group could provide that evidence, in which case, 'yes', but if it doesn't, 'no'—if that makes sense.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
The working groups have been set up in this part of the year, but that doesn't mean to say we haven't been taking evidence; I've had several meetings with the TFA, for instance. The working groups have been set up now to, obviously, help us not just with the…
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
I thought it very strange.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Going back to the legislation you refer to, the definition of 'agriculture' in that Act is non-exhaustive, so we didn't consider it would act as a barrier to farmers being able to access.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
No. I think we've already, under the current legislation, got provision for a general dispute resolution, for instance. So, I don't think any additional procedures really are necessary.
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
We discussed this the last time I was in front of committee, because what we did was we sought feedback on this issue in the agriculture White Paper, and there was just no substantive evidence to suggest that provision should be extended to farm business…
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
No, mainly because we've got the common framework. We've got the agricultural support provisional framework, which, again, going back to the animal health framework I referred to before, all four UK Ministers signed off. So, I think the mechanism is there. I…
16 Tachwedd 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bil Amaethyddiaeth (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Yes.
