For instance, lamb farms have benefited from tightened disinfection protocols and placing greater emphasis on the quality and timeliness of colostrum feeding, as well as targeted selective treatment in lambs. On cattle farms, the trialled use of bolus technology has provided farmers with an early warning system, alerting them to potential infection in a cow when it is in heat or the early stages of calving, and any other health matters such as mastitis or lameness, enabling them to act before the disease develops and the cow reaches the stage where it needs antibiotic treatment. I’d be interested to hear more from the Minister, and in greater detail, what the main takeaways from the project are, and if, or how, the solutions might be scaled up to yield more broad-ranging results for more farms in Wales.

The Animal and Environment Antimicrobial Resistance Delivery Group met last March, and having reviewed the discussion, I have some questions regarding antimicrobial resistance in Wales that I believe the Minister must respond to. It was evident that there were concerns around the impact of pharmaceutical products and untreated sewage in our watercourses and our marine environment. In this regard, I’m curious to hear what assessment the Welsh Government has made of the impact of pharmaceutical material and untreated sewage in our watercourses on antimicrobial resistance in Wales, and how the Welsh Government aims to approach the issue.