, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Minister. So, could I take from that that the Welsh Government has conducted an assessment on the cumulative impact of the market-access provisions for agriculture in the New Zealand and Australia agreements in principle?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Diolch, Cadeirydd. On international trade now, Minister, I'd be interested in your views on the agreements in principle for free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand and their impact on Wales.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Diolch. Finally, on regional investment, the Minister touched on the lack of engagement from UK Government. Could I take from that that the Minister hasn't heard anything from the UK Government regarding how the shared prosperity fund will operate when it is…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
The Minister touched on the element of less money. I just want to stick with this for a minute. I was wondering if the Minister could quantify what he refers to as 'vast reduction in funding'—which was in his recent letter to the committee—as a result of the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you for that response.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Diolch, Gadeirydd, a bore da, Weinidog. I have a couple of questions around regional investment and international trade. Around regional investment to begin with, firstly, we know with the UK levelling-up fund that Wales is likely to receive just 5 per cent…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: The Foundational Economy
Traditional macro-economic approaches to economic development have failed to deliver economic gains and social benefits within environmentally sustainable limits or spread fairly those gains throughout Welsh localities. The current model that relies on…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: The Foundational Economy
Thank you, Deputy Llywydd, and thank you to the Minister for the statement this afternoon.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: A greener economy
There is a huge concern that COP26 will just be another talking shop, and I have to say I am one of those who are concerned, which I'm sure isn't a shock to Members who I've worked with since being elected. My colleague Siân Gwenllian regularly tells me I'm…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: A greener economy
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and thank you, Minister, for your statement this afternoon. If I may say, as a Pencoed boy, I look forward to seeing what the partnership between Thermify and Swansea University will produce. It crucial that we discuss…
, Petitions Committee
Further discussion on the signature threshold
Diolch, Gadeirydd. There were two points I wanted to make in relation to this. Firstly, if we do look to increase the threshold, that petitions that are currently ongoing, that that new threshold won't be the threshold for those petitions, because I am…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I can see in our reports that the Minister has attempted, at least, to show how he's looking to take the concerns of this petition seriously. I do note as well that we have written to the Minister twice here. Given the Minister's response…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Gadeirydd. So, my understanding is that the building has been sold on now, so I think it's important that, of course, the new owners of the building work with campaigners now to try and ensure that that passion that you saw in those letters is…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Sorry, Chair. Just to clarify, on Yasmin's petition, I would recommend that we do keep it open until we have a response, but that we close Kieran's petition.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Yes, sorry, I just wanted to come in on that one. Because if we talked about Yasmin's petition then separately, I do think that we should write to the Heritage and Cultural Exchange, as you've suggested there, Chair. But the Minister has said that the—I'm…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I think I said in a previous meeting that I knew Kieran, so just for clarity, I'll say that again. If we start with his petition first; I know they're grouped together, but I do think there are some differences between the petitions. With…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Having read the report on this, it doesn't seem like it's a done deal yet. I think we're at a point where to me it seems that the work is going in the right direction here, and I think this is to some extent a success, so I think we should…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I know my colleague, Peredur Griffiths, has done some work on this in his own region. Again, I think we've done as much as we can as the Petitions Committee on this subject. We haven't succeeded on all the specifics, but I would argue that…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Yes, I think just to add to what Joel said there, I hope members of the public realise it is something that I think all of us are reluctant to do is to close petitions when there are still unresolved matters, but I would agree with Joel on this. We've had…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Gadeirydd. This is one of those issues, again, that's been debated in the Chamber now. I think, as the Petitions Committee, we've done our end of the work, I can't see where we can take this now, other than us as individual Members raising our own…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Gadeirydd. This is a very long-standing petition, and I am racking my brains on where we can go with this now, especially given that the Minister has already ruled out or rejected calls for a public inquiry. I think we're all very aware of how…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Diolch, Gadeirydd. It is very unfortunate that we're seeing more and more of these events happening. I'm sure Members are already acutely aware of my opinion on why these things are happening, but I'm conscious as well we don't want to double up on work or be…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
I would like to suggest that we try to seek a bit more evidence on this, just for clarity's sake more than anything else. Despite receiving the Minister's response on monitoring, I'm not minded to close this petition yet. I think we should get some further…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I can see by the report that the Minister is not minded to take any further action on this. However, she could be convinced if there was further evidence presented. Could I suggest that the committee gets in touch with the RSPB to seek…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I can see that the Minister has responded outlining that horses are afforded some protection through legislation in Wales, but I also note as well that the crux of the petition is about the lack of enforcement of this legislation. I would…
