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Agriculture: Wales

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 1781, tabled on 28 June 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the farming unions in Wales on developing a more targeted system of farming subsidies focused on farm productivity.

Answered on

6 July 2017

As we develop our proposals for agriculture reform, we want to listen to the views of everyone who has an interest in the future of the farming industry, including farming organisations. The Secretary of State will be holding discussions with the farming unions in Wales in the near future. Ministers have met representatives from FUW and NFU Wales on a number of occasions.