Food and Drink from North Wales

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:26 pm on 15 December 2021.

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Photo of Jack Sargeant Jack Sargeant Labour 2:26, 15 December 2021

I'm very grateful to my colleague, Sam Rowlands, for raising this important question today. Can I agree with him and the Minister, for what she has said also? Minister, you'll be very aware that I am extremely passionate about the positive contribution that brewers and local pubs can bring to our local economy, and excellent breweries like those in Flintshire, Hafod and Polly's, or the excellent Wrexham Lager in your own constituency, as Sam Rowlands referred to, who again have won another award—another gold award—for their world-famous Bootlegger pilsner.

Now, Minister, in the last Senedd I successfully chaired the cross-party group on beer and pubs in the Senedd, and we're about to reconvene in the new year this very important group. Will you commit today to come and engage with the group in the new year, and show how the Welsh Government can support this very important sector right across Wales?