Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:58 pm on 28 September 2016.
Could I commend Simon in both bringing this debate forward but also in the way he has introduced it very calmly and rationally? He is right; we heard that concern today, and I’ve heard it from individual farmers in my own constituency as well as others that we’ve met with the Farmers Union of Wales and National Farmers Union. That actually makes it incumbent upon UK Ministers at this very moment, including the three Brexiteers, but also our own very good Cabinet Secretary, to make clear to the European Commission, to the European Union Members of the European Parliament that are there now, and to the other heads of nations that what is acceptable now should also be acceptable afterwards. If we have a UK-wide—albeit with differences—TB eradication programme that is acceptable now, there is no darn reason to make it unacceptable tomorrow. That’s what we need to be saying right now.