Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:42 pm on 9 May 2018.
Of course, the interests of producers have to be given due weight in this argument, but short of introducing an outright ban, there are things that we could do to improve the current legislative regime once we're no longer confined within the carapace of EU regulation. We could make alterations to the length of time permitted to be in transit for animals, we could make alterations to the frequency of rest stops, and we could also reduce the number of animals in transit. So, these are all options that might be a halfway house but which would certainly improve the current situation, and illustrate that a greater flexibility in agricultural policy is one of the benefits that Brexit brings.