Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:45 pm on 14 October 2020.
Well, you still haven't given me any specific actions, but I'll move on, because actions do speak louder than words and we saw this week how Tory Members of Parliament in Westminster removed from the UK Agriculture Bill, of course, clauses that would have protected food standards in this country in future trade deals. And in doing so, of course, they let Welsh farmers down. They exposed them to the risk of cheap imports undercutting their produce and undermining their livelihoods. Now, weeks ago, many of those very same Members of Parliament were wearing a wheatsheaf in support of the Back British Farming campaign, but their actions this week have clearly exposed that as a hollow and meaningless gesture. So, do you agree with me, Minister, that the only way now to protect Welsh farmers in future is to maximise the powers we have here in Wales to do as much of that as possible ourselves?