Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:12 pm on 13 July 2022.
And, of course, it's very important to support your local breweries, Russ, which will be in the beer tents, but it is a great opportunity going around summer shows to meet your constituents, as you said. And, as many people and a few in this Chamber know who have stood in the great seat of Brecon and Radnorshire, if you don't go around the summer shows, you're just simply not going to get elected, as Andrew R.T. Davies reminded me when I first came here.
Russell named a lot of shows in Montgomeryshire, but he doesn't claim to have one of the oldest shows in the United Kingdom. The Brecon agricultural society is the oldest in the UK, and that goes back 267 years, and that is some sort of achievement. But the highlight of the summer show season is the Royal Welsh Show. It is the jewel in the crown of all summer shows. It brings, as Sam Kurtz said, over 200,000 people to Builth Wells, descending on my constituency, and, as Sam has said, it was my summer holiday for many, many years and will be my summer holiday this year.
Shows are a part of the rural way of life, and long may they continue. And, as Sam Kurtz said earlier, we all are going into recess now, so if any of you want to come and see a very good summer show, I would suggest you come to Brecon and Radnorshire for a very warm welcome, and I want to say 'good luck' to everybody across Wales, and especially my constituency, on having fantastic summer shows.