Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 3. Questions to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 12:51 pm on 24 June 2020.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 12:51, 24 June 2020

(Translated)

There is one other issue that I would like to raise with you, if I may, Minister, and that, of course, is the cluster of cases of COVID-19 that we've seen in meat processing plants in Wales, and that reflects what we've seen in other nations such as the USA and Germany and so on. And what I want to know is what you as Minister and what the Welsh Government are doing in responding proactively to these situations. Rather then waiting for cases to arise, shouldn't we now be developing a testing programme specifically targeted at processing plants such as these so that we can catch these cases at an early stage and reduce risks that that would spread into the community?