The Agriculture Industry

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:07 pm on 13 February 2018.

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Photo of David Rowlands David Rowlands UKIP 2:07, 13 February 2018

I thank you for your answer, First Minister, but do you really believe that the EU and the common agricultural policy regime has been an unmitigated success story for the Welsh farming industry? Because if so, perhaps you and those supporting our presence in the European Union can explain to me the efficacy of seeing our hill farmers reduced to subsistence level on £12,000 per year while some farmers in the south-east of England have become millionaires under this iniquitous regime. These hill farmers are a symbol of a once proud industry brought to its knees in becoming a begging bowl economy of grants and regulations. Add to this the fact that the common agricultural policy is universally accepted as being an environmental disaster. Surely, the First Minister has to agree that we are better off out.