Farming and rural Wales
Farm support and the Sustainable Farming Scheme, bovine TB and animal welfare, farming and water quality, fishing, and rural communities.
In the Programme for Government this sits under the well-being objective Unleashing the potential of the Welsh economy, and creating good well-paid jobs.
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- Statements and debates
- 0
- Contributions
- 198
- Written questions
- 7
- Commitments raised
- 8 of 9
198 contributions in the Seventh Senedd touched on this. The busiest month was Jun 2026, with 62.
- Plaid51%
- Reform31%
- Conservative11%
- Labour3%
- Lib Dem2%
- Green1%
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The debate so far
In the Seventh Senedd, the farming debate has centred on the Plaid Cymru Government's handling of the Sustainable Farming Scheme, bovine TB and the agricultural pollution rules. Opposition parties pressed for timetables and guarantees, while Welsh Labour questioned water protections and badger culling. Other threads were farmland lost to solar, livestock numbers, the summer 2026 wildfires and rural-proofing legislation.
The main arguments
- Laura Anne Jones (Reform UK) said take-up of the Sustainable Farming Scheme was about 50 per cent and opposed a deeper basic payment cut. Llyr Gruffydd (Plaid Cymru) cited £1 billion over three years and said he would make the scheme more accessible.
