Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

https://youtu.be/kRqq7HyKP-g The Committee met to receive a Departmental evidence session on climate change. View the agenda.

https://www.youtube.com/watchhttps://youtu.be/fEU-SLhlqrw?v=XHOmBV4js_E The Committee received a Departmental briefing on the Draft (Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) Business Plan 2020-21. This was followed by an evidence session with the Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/fS9KbpHLJiU The Committee received Departmental briefings on the Monitoring Round, the Legislative Consent Motion for the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill and on the UK Government Environment Bill. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/UJPlhkuEWf0 The Committee received a briefing from DAERA on the Implementation of the Protocol for Northern Ireland. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/wp3xw4RyJmU The Committee received a briefing from Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots on the additional £25m COVID-19 allocation to agriculture and horticulture. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/7TuL6sGcCtk The Committee received a Minister briefing from Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots on the latest COVID-19 issues. The Committee also considered The Direct Payments to Farmers (Crop Diversification Derogation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/aM-9LTScKEc The Committee discussed the impact of Covid-19 with Departmental officials. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/z5q5aGTgF3I The Committee received a briefing from Departmental officials on The Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments to Farmers) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations. The Committee also received evidence from the Livestock and Meat Commission and a written briefing from DAERA on the UK Global Tariff. View the agenda.

Morning Session https://youtu.be/-HL-ijLteuc Afternoon Session https://youtu.be/6ZfJNMYiFSw During the morning session of their meeting, the Committee received briefings on the UK Government Fisheries Bill from the Assembly Research team, DAERA officials and the Brexit & Environment Group. During the afternoon session of their meeting, the Committee received further briefings on the UK Government Fisheries Bill from… Continue Reading Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Meeting Thursday 5 March 2020