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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Tackling the climate and nature emergencies, alongside the sustainable production of food, are the objectives for our proposed sustainable farming scheme. Our intention is to create a sustainable, resilient agriculture sector in Wales for current and future…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you. Certainly that will be part of our sustainable farming scheme, which, as I mentioned in my earlier answer to Peter Fox, we are currently co-designing with our farmers and other interested bodies. You'll be aware that my colleague the Deputy…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Responding to the nature emergency is a key objective of our proposed sustainable farming scheme. Future farm support will reward farmers who take action to maintain and create resilient ecosystems.
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you. Certainly, I do all I can to promote fish and our aquaculture sector. You mentioned the joint fisheries statement, which is out to consultation now. I'm actually being scrutinised in committee tomorrow on it, and I do think it's a big opportunity…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Yes, I'd be very happy to do that. You referred to FareShare Cymru, and they've saved 819 tonnes of surplus food from waste. That's enough to provide almost 3 million meals just in one year. So, we can see the huge work that's done. Those meals were diverted…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
The Welsh Government works with manufacturers, retailers and community food organisations to minimise waste in all parts of the food supply chain, from farm to fork. This delivers against other key goals, including halving food waste by 2025 and the resultant…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I've always made it very clear that producing food is absolutely a priority for our farmers, of course it is. You say there are grave concerns. We've been out to consultation three times now. The scheme is still not designed; we want to co-design that scheme…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
To support ecosystem resilience, our farmers will be paid to manage and create on-farm habitat. We will also support farmers to collaborate to deliver against local and national priorities at a landscape scale.
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Absolutely. We welcome the Unite union's 'get me home safe' campaign, and we'll continue to work with local authorities, Transport for Wales and obviously our bus companies to provide safer, more attractive late evening public transport services. As you know…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you. You are correct; at the moment, our commitment is to deliver a new hourly service between Liverpool and Llandudno from December 2023. We'll also look to extend the current Llandudno to Manchester Airport service to include Bangor. I think one way…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I regularly meet with Cabinet colleagues. Our new multimillion-pound north Wales metro programme will transform rail, bus and active travel services across north Wales. It will make it easier and faster to travel across north Wales and build better…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Yes, I would agree with Jane Dodds. And, as I say, some of the figures—and you've just given some statistics now and some information about the track—lead me to be very concerned. I have had two meetings with my officials to discuss this, and I do want to…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
So, my interest is obviously in the one track that we have here in Wales, and one of my reasons for wanting to meet Hope Rescue is because I've seen some very concerning figures and statistics. And one of the things, again, I discussed with Jane Dodds…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you. This is something that I am looking very closely at. I had a meeting just yesterday with Jane Dodds, who you'll be aware is a very firm believer in what you've just suggested, and it's something that I have asked officials to look at. I am hoping…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Inspections at Wales's remaining greyhound racing track have been arranged through a partnership delivery programme funded by the Welsh Government, which is managed and co-ordinated by Monmouthshire trading standards and the greyhound working group, a…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
It is really important that we wave the flag for Wales, and we do that in many guises. I mentioned our international offices. We've got Gulfood coming up in Dubai, I think next week, actually. And HCC will be part of the Welsh Government delegation, or…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
The Welsh Government works closely with Hybu Cig Cymru, both in Wales and through our international offices, to support the marketing of Welsh lamb and beef. HCC were a partner at BlasCymru/TasteWales in October 2021, supporting a range of businesses…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
So, the Member will be aware that we don't have the NVZs anymore; we have the agricultural pollution regulations and you'll be aware we're awaiting the current court judgment. I did give significant funding—I think it was about £44 million, off the top of my…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, and I'd like to welcome Mabon ap Gwynfor to his new role. You're quite right—this cost of living is affecting everybody. We had an inter-ministerial group on Monday with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and my counterparts from…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I really don't think north Wales is second for any of my Cabinet colleagues. Obviously, I am there to ensure that doesn't happen, but I sit round the Cabinet table, you don't, and I can assure you it's not a blind spot at all.
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
No, I think that's something that you like to get out there that that's the case. It really isn't—
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
So, you're quite right, I make sure that we get our fair proportion of funding in north Wales. I have to be very careful, because obviously I'm the Member of the Senedd for Wrexham, and, obviously, Wrexham is a very important part of the north Wales metro. As…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Well, as you know, I think we're doing very well now with our scoping of the north Wales metro, and I think we are seeing significant funding coming into the metro. I had a meeting with the Deputy Minister for Climate Change around it, and I think it will…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Well, as I said in my earlier answer to Siân Gwenllian, I think we are expecting the report, the second part of the review, to be published imminently, and by 'imminently', I mean maybe this week even. So, I do think it's right for the Minister for Health and…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Well, we are, of course, awaiting part two of the Royal College of Surgeons' review. I understand it's been recently received in a draft form by the health board, and we are expecting it to be published imminently. I think it's good to wait for that review. I…
