Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 2:07 pm on 20 September 2017.
Thank you for the long answer, Minister. One measure that would certainly not support Welsh farmers would be the Welsh Government’s proposal to designate further areas of Wales as nitrate vulnerable zones. A recent survey by NFU Cymru found that nearly three quarters of farmers who responded did not have sufficient slurry storage on their farms to meet the proposed NVZ requirements and it would cost on average some £80,000 for them to do so. Will the Cabinet Secretary call a halt to these proposals, which could have a ruinous and a financially very negative effect on our farming industry in Wales?