Biodiversity in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:38 pm on 19 June 2019.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 1:38, 19 June 2019

I can't disagree with anything that you're saying there, and you'll be aware of the announcement and the statement I brought forward in the Chamber last week around 'Brexit and our land' 2, for want of a better word at the moment, which will be the second part of the consultation around the post-Brexit agricultural policy. I always maintained that food production was very, very important. I think we were the only part of the UK that actually had food in the consultation. I certainly don't think 'Health and Harmony' did, because I absolutely recognise the importance of food production and our agricultural sector. 

Also, environmental outcomes are very important, and we made it very clear that, going forward, post Brexit, our agricultural payment system will reward environmental outcomes, and I would urge everyone to participate in that consultation once I launch it at the beginning of July.