6. 4. Statement by the Chair of the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee on the Committee's Inquiry into the Future of Agricultural and Rural Policies in Wales

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:16 pm on 9 November 2016.

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Photo of Jenny Rathbone Jenny Rathbone Labour 4:16, 9 November 2016

My question, really, is: how are we going to turn that corner, given that, at the moment, we only grow vegetables on 617 hectares of land, which is 0.4 per cent of agricultural land, hardly any of which is in receipt of pillar 1 payments. Many of the people who are involved in the labour-intensive activity around horticulture are people whose future in the country is unclear, because they’re European migrants. So, what does the Chair of the committee think we are going to be able to do to address the food security issues that are posed here, as well as the health of the nation and the future employment of people in Wales?