<p>Support for the Food and Drink Industry </p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 2:15 pm on 14 September 2016.

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Photo of Andrew RT Davies Andrew RT Davies Conservative 2:15, 14 September 2016

Cabinet Secretary, one of the ways that the food and drink industry can be supported, in particular the red meat sector, is by the promotional levy that is taken on livestock at the point of processing. Now, many Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers, and other Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers from around the UK, have grappled with this promotional levy, because it is at the point of slaughter it is raised, and lots of Welsh livestock go to England to be processed. There is a will and an understanding, as I understand, to review the regulations around this. Have you had an opportunity to familiarise yourselves with the past discussions and, indeed, discuss with DEFRA how the levy could be repatriated to Wales where much of the livestock is finished in its live form but not processed for the market?