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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Delyth Jewell MS (Chair) Mick Antoniw MS Alun Davies MS Gareth Davies MS Llyr Gruffydd MS (In place of Heledd Fychan MS)
Witnesses:	Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs Jackie Price, Welsh Government Elizabeth Thomas, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Richard Thomas (Clerk) Lowri Barrance (Deputy Clerk) Manon Huws (Legal Adviser) Andrew Minnis (Researcher) Sally Jones (Official)

1 Forward work programme for the remainder of autumn term 2025 and spring term 2026

1.1 The Committee considered and agreed the Forward Work Programme for the remainder of 2025 and spring term 2026.

2 Consideration of draft correspondence

2.1 The Committee considered draft correspondence.

3 Consideration of letter from the Llywydd seeking views on the practice of publishing pre-introduction versions of Bills

3.1 The Committee considered the letter from the Llywydd seeking views on the practice of publishing pre-introduction versions of Bills.

4 Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill: Citizen engagement survey findings

4.1 The Committee considered the findings of the Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill citizen engagement survey.

5 Introduction, apologies and substitutions

5.1 The Chair welcomed the Committee to the meeting.

5.2 Apologies were received from Lee Waters MS and Heledd Fychan MS.

5.3 Llyr Gruffydd MS was welcomed as a substitute for Heledd Fychan MS.

6 Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill: Ministerial evidence session

6.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Jackie Price and Elizabeth Thomas on the Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill.

7 Papers to note

7.1 The Committee noted the papers.

7.1 Reviewing Committee Effectiveness in the Sixth Senedd

7.2 Welsh Government international relations

7.3 Funding for NoFit State

7.4 Issues facing grassroots sport in Wales

7.5 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27

7.6 UK-EU implementation review of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement

7.7 Inter-institutional Relations Agreement

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

8.1 The Committee resolved under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting.

9 Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence and key issues

9.1 The Committee considered the evidence presented during the Ministerial evidence session, and the key issues of the Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill.

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