May I at the outset thank the Minister for making this statement today? Because it wasn’t the Government’s intention to make an oral statement, according to the business statement published. But I did request this—ask and you shall receive—and I am grateful to you for making this statement today, because this, of course, is one of the key issues that this Government will face in terms of the future of the agricultural sector and land management.

There is a change of tone, but there is no change of direction, of course, in terms of the Government’s direction of travel here. I still share the concern of the sector that there won’t be at least an element of a basic payment available to Welsh farmers, as there will be, of course, for Wales’s main competitors across Europe, Scotland, Northern Ireland and so on and so forth. I have made this point on a number of occasions. We need assurance, we need stability during this period when we are facing some of the greatest challenges that the sector has faced for many generations as a result of Brexit, and I do feel that looking to adopt an approach similar to Scotland would be far better at this particular time. But there we are. We will respond to what you’ve announced, and I look forward to being part of that process and doing the best I can with it.