Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 2:08 pm on 20 September 2017.
Well, I can’t call a halt to the NVZ review because that’s a statutory requirement under the nitrates directive, so I think it needs to be viewed within that. You’ll be aware that we had a consultation on NVZ. That closed at the end of December. We received a large number of responses—I think it was over 250—many, many more than the previous time we’ve had to review it. I’m very keen to work with the farming unions and the farmers and the sector as a whole to develop solutions, and, of course, I do understand there would be a cost. However, I don’t want to pre-empt the consultation, but I will be making an announcement by the end of this year.