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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
That's incredibly helpful, thank you. Chair, those are my questions, thank you.
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Thank you. Chair, you came in on exactly the point that I was going to raise there. Is it the case, then, when the trapped test of the badgers, and they've come back as negative, the Welsh Government is undertaking a cull of those wildlife within that area?…
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Thank you. And—
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Thank you, Minister. Thank you, Christianne, for your answers. Bovine TB is a subject that I think we could, as a committee, spent all day discussing, because it's been ongoing in Wales for so long and there's so many things happening now…
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Excellent. Thank you, Minister. Diolch, Cadeirydd.
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Thank you. And then, just finally, given the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020, what discussions are you having with other devolved nations and the UK Government with regard to co-ordinating farming schemes going forward, in terms of our close relations…
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Thank you, that’s incredibly helpful. Do you have any targets in mind for the sustainable farming scheme to increase food self-sufficiency levels in Wales?
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Whatever the Welsh Government are looking at. Is there—
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Okay, thank you. With regards to pilots then, do you envisage a pilot scheme coming out at any point within a certain area to ensure that this—. As you say, you’re not going to roll it out until it’s absolutely ready, but surely you won’t know that until…
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Yes, okay. Thank you, that's helpful. I'm just wanting to move on then to the sustainable farming scheme, if I may. I'm wondering if a) firstly, you have any pilots in line for that, and if you do, if you have some further information around that; and what…
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Okay. So, that would be in a separate equation then when it comes to final spend.
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
So, the EU funding that HM Treasury are saying is available to Welsh Government, which you're saying is a shortfall of £95 million—if that's unspent, why can that not be allocated towards this funding to make up the shortfall?
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Why is that classed as not being part of this if that money is unspent?
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
—as money if it's unspent within this funding pool?
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Thank you. And just on that point of the £95 million RDP funding that was unspent over the five-year period of EU funding, I believe it was, or is it five years and can be spent over seven—I think there was a bit of a technicality on that? Why is that being…
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Good, good. Can I quickly go back to November of last year, when the announcement was made regarding agricultural funding, and the discussions that were then had between yourself for the Welsh Government and HM Treasury? Can you explain to me your belief why…
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Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - General Ministerial Scrutiny
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Good afternoon, Minister. How are you?
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I'm a member of Pembrokeshire Young Farmers Club and Wales Federation of Young Farmers Clubs.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
If I may, Chair.
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can I call on the Minister for Climate Change to make a statement on the Welsh Government's flooding policy, please? In the winter of 2020-21, the quayside in Carmarthen flooded a total of three times in no less than nine weeks. Having met with the…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Community benefits of energy projects
Wales has a wealth of renewable and green energy potential, and it would be remiss of me not to start, given that Rhun ap Iorwerth has secured this debate, by mentioning the opportunities in Ynys Môn. He's mentioned solar, but the Wylfa Newydd nuclear energy…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Community benefits of energy projects
Thank you to the Member from Anglesey for bringing this debate to the Chamber.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Minister. You will be delighted to hear, I’m sure, that I’ve been recently appointed the Atlantic grey seal champion, and last week I enjoyed a meeting with the Marine Conservation Society on Tenby north beach to discuss some of the challenges that…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
1. What discussions has the Minister had with the Minister for Climate Change regarding the priority given to the protection of marine life in deciding the Welsh Government's fisheries policy? OQ57001
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I refer Members to my entry in the register of interests. Firstly, I would like to thank the Minister for Climate Change for taking the time to answer my written questions on carbon offsetting and the net Welsh emissions account—the NWEA. And I'm sure the…
