Thank you very much, acting Llywydd. I move the amendment, and thank you to Sam Kurtz from the Conservatives for putting forward this debate in such an eloquent way. This debate comes down to one core principle, namely the right to food. However, unfortunately, far too many people live with food uncertainty, without knowing where their next meal will come from. A quarter of the people of Wales live in poverty and have to prioritise food, or heating, or other essentials. We look forward to seeing the food Bill that we've heard about already from Sam progressing through the Senedd, to ensure positive developments and to reaffirm that commitment to the right to food.

But it stands to reason, therefore, that if there is a right to food, then that food must be produced here, and we can't depend on food imports from all corners of the globe forever. Recent crises, specifically the war in Ukraine and the climate change crisis, demonstrate more clearly than ever the need for us to develop our ability to grow and process our own food here in Wales. The need to strengthen the public procurement system is of course a key component of this, but at the heart of all of this is our farms and the people who work on them.

Now, in speaking about Welsh farms, let us not forget that the industry here is very different to the farming industry on the other side of Offa's Dyke. Indeed, it is unique to Wales. In the main, we have small family farms here, with rural jobs in nearby communities dependent on them, not to mention the cultural viability of those communities, too. The Welsh language's continued survival over the past century has, to a great extent, been dependent on these farms and rural communities.

However, these farms are also much more vulnerable to any damage caused by poor trade deals. Deals such as those struck between this state and Australia and Aotearoa mean that farmers in Wales are now at the whim of a market that doesn't care a jot about them and over which they have no control. If, for example, the market for lamb in China or the United States were to change, then very soon afterwards we would see lamb being shipped from Aotearoa to the European Union or this state, and, as there are no tariff levies on this lamb, it would undermine our industry in its entirety. Indeed, the Farmers Union of Wales forecasts that the deal with Australia will lead to a fall of £29 million in the Welsh red meat industry's GVA, and the two deals taken together could lead to a fall of £50 million, not to mention, of course, the hundreds of millions that the Conservative Government in Westminster has cut from farming budgets following Brexit. It's fair to say that the Conservatives have left our farmers in a very deep hole.

Our amendment today specifically refers to the need to convene a food summit to ensure food security. This is of course particularly important in the current climate, with the price of fertilizer and fuel seeing such a sharp increase. Farmers are having to make very difficult choices. Some are having to sell their store calves early to generate income to pay for these raw materials. Others are having to ration their use of fertilizer, endangering their crops. The price of fertilizer has increased 200 per cent in less than a year, and the price of feed has gone up over 60 per cent over the same period.

Of course, this will affect our ability to produce food and ensure food security here and, in turn, affect farm incomes and the economy of rural Wales. Whilst some of the recent price rises can be attributed to the war in Ukraine, let us not forget that these rises were in the works for months before the atrocities perpetrated by Putin. The cost-of-living crisis will have a detrimental impact on our farms and our ability to produce food, and it's estimated that the cost of food sold in supermarkets will increase by around 20 per cent by the autumn.

This is why a summit of this kind must be convened, to ensure that everything possible is done to ensure that our farms can continue to produce food and contribute to their communities. To this end, farms need stability payments to ensure their viability, and we must examine every possible way of reducing production costs.

I note that Sam Kurtz, during his contribution, expressed his disappointment that we'd tabled an amendment. I note that, and I thank him and the Conservatives for the motion, but, of course, our amendment does exactly that: it strengthens and improves a motion that we, in the main, support. So, do support the amendment, too. Thank you very much.