Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:03 pm on 21 June 2016.
I wonder if the leader of the Conservatives heard that, with the common agricultural policy. So much for his guarantees—he’s just heard it from UKIP that they want to get rid of the common agricultural policy. That means, of course, getting rid of subsidies. It means allowing in more New Zealand lamb at a cheaper price—that’s what it means—it means taking away the protections of our farmers, taking away the subsidies they receive. That’s what he means by that. He hasn’t thought through what he said—[Interruption.] He’s embarrassed now, the leader of the Conservatives, at being on the same side—I’m not surprised he’s embarrassed about being on the same side as UKIP on this. What he has just proposed, the leader of UKIP, would mean that farmers would lose money, they would not be able to export at a reasonable price to the European market, New Zealand lamb would come in cheaper because there would be no tariffs because of free trade, and our farmers would be obliterated. Now we know the truth of what the right are saying—that they want to make sure that our farmers lose the protection that Europe provides.