, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Back to you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Thank you, Nick.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Thank you, Tori. Nick, did you have anything to add? I saw you were in agreement with a lot of what Tori said there.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Thank you for that, Tori. If I could stick with you for a moment, Tori—Nick, if you have anything to add, by all means, please do—in your view, what support is needed for the sector from the UK and Welsh Governments to mitigate some of those possible impacts…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Thank you. Tori, do you have anything to add there?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Following on from the Chair's question, I'd be interested in your views on the UK Government's impact assessment, and whether it provides sufficient information in assessing the impact of the agreement on the agri-food sector. Shall I start…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Cadeirydd. It seems to me that the Minister's initial response gave no indication of changing their position on introducing an additional payment. But I noted from the papers that Qualifications Wales have recently produced a report, which I hope that…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I don't think there's much more, really, to add on to what you've said. Just, in terms of some of the stories that we've heard from those families who have been affected by this, I just wanted to reiterate my thanks to them for being so…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I think this will be a similar outcome, in terms of what we decide today, hopefully, to what Buffy's just proposed for the previous petition. I think, in the previous committee, we had noted that the passing of the Tertiary Education and…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions: continuation
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I think this petition is a victim of the very quickly changing nature of the COVID pandemic. It seems that this isn't relevant any more as there are no COVID-19 restrictions, so as a result of that, I'd like to propose that we thank the…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
Just to come back there, you're saying that I'm wrong in saying that that was used by Valley track in an advertisement, because that's where I've had that information.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
Yes, of course. I'm grateful to the panel for staying was it the additional 10 minutes on top? I just want to come back to something that was said earlier, if I can cast your minds back to probably the beginning of this session around the track bends. I think…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
I'm conscious of time, Chair. Some of my earliest memories were of greyhound racing, actually at Valley, I think, come to think of it, Malcolm, so I'm sure you're glad to hear that. But the key point, I think, that I was asking about in terms of the capacity…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
But, surely you'd want to prepare for that just in case of a worst-case scenario that there are more injuries.
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Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
Okay. And on that point of capacity locally to deal with further injuries from the track, has that been considered at all?
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
And you're confident that that will be able to deal with all the potential surplus without any support at all from the—
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Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
So, if we stick with that, then, that there's an intensification of the racing, has any work been done relating to the number of potential injuries, fatalities and surplus greyhounds? What I mean by this—sorry, to just be clear here—what I mean by this is in…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
Okay, thank you. Of course, when Valley becomes a GBGB track, we are likely to see an intensification of the racing, so more racing happening on a weekly basis.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
And, as well, I think you might have indicated that there is already a database in place. If there isn't, then that would be—
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
So, with the vet on site at every race and—
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
Yes. So, then we could also think from that, then—
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
Looking at 2024, then, because that's when the licence comes in. In the interim period, would we be able to expect then that the track would be fully compliant with the rules set out by GBGB, so the voluntary code of practice, for example, for the welfare of…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
Thank you for that, Lord Lipsey. If I could move on to the question that I was supposed to ask right at the start, the track's new owner has announced his intention to obtain a GBGB licence by January 2024, and that will result in more frequent opening. What…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
Thank you.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales
Thank you. Actually, I will get to my first set of questions eventually. There was something in the welfare strategy that is of interest and, I think, quite important, because I must say, reading through the new welfare strategy, it is ambitious, in all…
