Part of 3. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 3:11 pm on 11 December 2018.
Well, I have spoken to Llyr in the Chamber about this scheme before. I think one of the main things that we've seen this year is that the basic payment scheme is a blunt tool that doesn't protect farmers in the way that we would want to against volatility—I mentioned the weather when we spoke about this. Last week in front of the committee, I talked about it not rewarding the farmers' performance and about it not assisting with productivity.