Rural communities

Paul DaviesConservative

23 October 2024, Plenary

Joint Debate on Committee Reports: The Sustainable Farming Scheme and Farming Connect

…farming scheme, as it's called, is the Welsh Government's new approach to supporting farmers and rural communities. However, the development of the sustainable farming scheme has been plagued with setbacks, miscommunication and uncertainty. Members will remember the protests across Wales, the…

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

22 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Climate Adaptation Strategy

…forward to bringing that forward to the Senedd as well for further scrutiny. Certainly, in terms of food security, we often have this debate that, sometimes, gets drawn down to the lowest common denominator of percentages of how much food we actually produce. And I keep saying, 'Of course, we…

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Janet Finch-SaundersConservative

22 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Climate Adaptation Strategy

…energy projects. Will you caveat that by objecting to the loss of whole farms to solar? In relation to food security—and I've raised this so many times since I've been here—the vision does not mention reducing reliance on imports. So, will you confirm that you agree with me that we should help both…

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

22 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Climate Adaptation Strategy

…transport networks from extreme weather conditions to working with the UK Government to improve food security. And while the Welsh Government has an essential role in delivering climate adaptation, we simply cannot do this alone. The strategy also, therefore, captures the key actions taken by…

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Samuel KurtzConservative

16 October 2024, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: Council-owned farms

…that Jenny mentioned as well, and how council farms can feed into, quite literally, our food systems in rural Wales as well, and changing the way there. I think Jenny was right to challenge the Welsh Government on their amendment to this debate. Russell George, wearing his YFC Montgomeryshire…

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

16 October 2024, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: Council-owned farms

…as well, from tourism, which relies on the natural environment, to the Welsh language, and allows our rural communities to thrive. Now, in relation to the number of local authority-owned farms, it's important that we do respect local authorities' ability to develop their own priorities, as has been…

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Janet Finch-SaundersConservative

16 October 2024, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: Council-owned farms

Of course, council-owned farms are vital for food production and educating our future generations. I want to put on record my thanks to all farmers in Wales, but our tenanted farms and our council-owned farms, they've faced a lot of difficulties over the last few months, especially with the nitrate…

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Russell GeorgeConservative

16 October 2024, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: Council-owned farms

…movement, it's about recognising the valuable contribution that council-owned farms play in supporting food production and enabling young entrants into farming. Some members of the YFC will be part of farming families, are farmers themselves; others will not be and not perhaps interested in a career…

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Jenny RathboneLabour

16 October 2024, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: Council-owned farms

I'm very pleased to take part in this debate, and I think, with food security so high on the agenda in this uncertain world, beset by conflict and turbulent and unpredictable weather, we need to follow the just-in-case mantra of Professor Tim Lang, who's speaking on securing sustainable and…

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James EvansConservative

16 October 2024, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: Council-owned farms

…sale of our council-owned farms. These farms are not just pieces of land, they're the lifeblood of our rural communities. For generations, they have provided opportunities for our young farmers, opportunities to produce food, and supported the communities in rural areas. But, now, these farms are…

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Gary Newman

16 October 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Foundational Economy: Panel 4 - Housing and decarbonisation

…socially beneficial and delivers greater resilience and economic benefits to communities, particularly rural communities. So, we do interact with Welsh Government through housing to try to support the building of better, higher performance, lower-carbon homes, also forestry through attempts for…

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Edward Morgan

16 October 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Foundational Economy: Panel 3 - Food sector

…Vietnam and far-flung places, so that's another reason why it's important to really focus on our food production here in Wales. At least it's on our doorstep and we can, hopefully, do something about it. So, a great point there, Katie, yes.

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

16 October 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…what we're trying to do with the SFS is not only produce that sustainable future for farming and those farm businesses, but also tackle the nature and climate emergencies. So, the analysis that's been done by external groups reflects that they think, coming back to our earlier line of questioning…

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