Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:46 pm on 14 October 2020.
I absolutely agree with you around the disappointment expressed. It's been very interesting to see both the National Farmers Union Cymru and the Farmers Union of Wales extremely critical of the UK Government in relation to the votes that took place on Monday evening around the UK Agriculture Bill. We want to see our very high standards maintained; they had the opportunity to put it into legislation on Monday and failed to do so. I've always made it very clear that we will have our own Welsh bespoke agricultural Bill. I still intend to bring forward a White Paper before the end of this calendar year in relation to that and we want to do all we can to maintain existing high standards of food safety and animal welfare. We're working very hard on the frameworks—you'll be aware of all the frameworks that are currently being done in collaboration—in relation to this matter also.