Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:49 pm on 3 February 2021.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 1:49, 3 February 2021

Well, I'm not aware of the article that you're referring to, but, believe me, I have asked for many, many briefings around this. We have looked at very many different aspects of it, and I think we should also be very clear that the purpose of these regulations is not just to tackle nitrate pollution. Agricultural pollution includes other things, like phosphorus and ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions, for instance. I do think it will be targeted at farm practices. We are seeing agricultural pollution incidents right across Wales, not just in certain areas of Wales. And if you look at what other UK countries are doing, they have different designated areas, if you like—I've had that thrown at me as well—but if you look at what they're doing in relation to all the agricultural pollution, you will see that things are very similar.