The Welsh Red Meat Levy

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:30 pm on 3 October 2018.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 1:30, 3 October 2018

(Translated)

Well, I share your frustration, because I’ve been a Member of this Assembly for seven years and I’m sure I’ve been asking the same question regularly over that period of time. But the agricultural unions are also concerned that changes in farm payments that you’re proposing in ‘Brexit and our land’ are going to lead to less red meat being produced in Wales and, as a result, there will be fewer animals going through Welsh abattoirs, which will mean that less money will come from the levy to promote Welsh meat. As a result, they will be less promotion of that meat. So, you can see that vicious circle that would develop in light of that possibility. So, can I ask what consideration you have given to the impact that ‘Brexit and our land’ have on meat production in Wales? And what assurance can you give to our producers that the Government will continue to support the red meat industry?