Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:39 pm on 15 December 2021.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 2:39, 15 December 2021

Thank you. I met with the mental health charities in the agricultural sector at the winter fair myself, and it was representatives of, I think, about six of them, where we did discuss, obviously, the challenges they are—. You'll appreciate it's very hard to give long-term commitments—I'm not sure what you mean by 'long term'—but certainly I intend to continue to support them, both financially and also with officials' time as well, because my officials work very closely with them. And I attend—certainly, over the duration of the pandemic, I've attended many meetings of the group that came together under an umbrella to support our agriculture sector. So, I will continue, certainly, to do that. As I say, I'm unclear what you mean by 'long term', but I will certainly, in the course of our budget, commit to funding.