Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:48 pm on 14 December 2016.
Well, I don’t think that one word you could apply to me is ‘insensitive’, and I’m certainly not insensitive to this. My officials did meet with representatives of the NFU early in October, and they had a very constructive meeting. I’ve also met with the NFU on several occasions, the last being a week last Thursday, I think. Obviously, they are concerned and they raised those concerns with me. Without consultation—I’m not going to pre-empt that consultation, and I go back to my answer to Paul Davies around those who are already meeting those existing storage standards, for whom the cost of compliance would be minimal.