Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:43 pm on 7 February 2017.
I really do regret the language that the Member has used, from slitting wrists to lambs to the slaughter, in a debate that she most probably is finding it difficult to come to terms with. As I said, the referendum has happened. We need to move on.
You are right: farmers voted in the majority to come out of Europe because we have an average age of 62 in the agricultural industry, with no opportunity for succession and little or no opportunity for new innovation. We will have an agricultural industry and we’ll succeed, but it’s your Government that is failing to tackle the bread-and-butter issues of bovine TB and rural development.