Concise Minutes - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 1&2 Senedd

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 9 November 2022

Meeting time: 09.31 - 12.14
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13029

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Paul Davies MS (Chair)

Luke Fletcher MS

Vikki Howells MS

Samuel Kurtz MS

Sarah Murphy MS

Witnesses:

Ian Andrew, British Pest Control Association (BPCA)

Glynn Evans, British Association for Shooting and Conservation

Rachel Evans, Countryside Alliance

John Hope, National Pest Technicians Association (NPTA)

Billie-Jade Thomas, League Against Cruel Sports

Simon Wild, National Anti Snaring Campaign

Dr Ludivine Petetin, Cardiff University

David Bowles, RSPCA Cymru

Dr Mary Dobbs, Maynooth University

Collin Willson, British Veterinary Association

Committee Staff:

Lara Date, Clerk

Sarah Bartlett, Deputy Clerk

Ceri Thomas, Committee Support Officer

Katie Wyatt, Legal Services

Gruffydd Owen, Legal Adviser

Masudah Ali, Legal Adviser

Katy Orford, Researcher

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Hefin David MS, there was no substitute.

1.3 Samuel Kurtz MS declared he was a director of the Wales Federation of Young Farmers Clubs and Chair of the cross-party group on shooting and conservation.

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2       Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1   Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

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2.2   Letter from the Minister for Economy

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2.3   Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

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2.4   Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

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2.5   Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee

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2.6   Letters to the Minister for Climate Change

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3       Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the RSPCA Cymru, Wales League Against Cruel Sports, the National Anti-Snaring Campaign and the British Veterinary Association

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4       Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8

4.1The Committee heard evidence from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, the Countryside Alliance, British Pest Control Association and the National Pest Technicians Association.

4.2 The Countryside Alliance agreed to provide minutes from meetings with the RSPCA.

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5       Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9

5.1 The Committee heard evidence from Dr Ludivine Petetin and Dr Mary Dobbs.

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6       Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting

6.1 The motion was agreed.

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7       Private

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard during the previous evidence sessions.

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