Agriculture… Call to close more footpaths as walkers ignore lockdown in rural areas 30 Mar 2020 Plaid Cymru's shadow rural affairs minister has raised concerns about the numbers of people still walking across farmland, despite the Covid-19 lockdown - with one worried farmer counting 200 people…
Agriculture… ‘Don’t sell family silver’ – call to protect council farms 5 Feb 20205 Mar 2020 Plaid Cymru’s shadow rural affairs minister has made an impassioned call to enhance and develop council-owned farms as part of a new vision for agriculture. Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM,…
Agriculture… Developing crisis in the Welsh food processing sector – Tomlinsons 15 Oct 201923 Oct 2019 The collapse of Tomlinson's Dairies and problems in the meat processing industry in Wales has prompted Plaid Cymru's shadow rural affairs minister to call for urgent government action. Llyr Gruffydd,…
Agriculture… Tomlinsons: “Worrying news for workers and farmers” 14 Oct 201923 Oct 2019 In response to news that Tomlinsons dairy was not taking local farmers’ milk over the weekend: Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM, said: “This is worrying news both for…
Agriculture… Concerns over rural spending failures 9 Oct 201923 Oct 2019 Plaid Cymru AM challenges Minister and calls on Public Accounts Committee to investigate Rural Development Programme Failures in the Rural Development Programme have prompted Plaid Cymru to call on the Senedd's Public Accounts Committee to…
Agriculture… Victory on Brexit and Our Land legislation U-turn 16 Jul 201916 Jul 2019 Responding to the Welsh Government’s announcement that it will not introduce a Welsh Agriculture Bill to implement the outcome of its Brexit and Our Land policy in this Assembly, Plaid…
Agriculture… Plaid call for meeting with Gove to tackle law on dog attacks 16 Jul 201916 Jul 2019 Plaid Cymru MPs and AMs have joined forces to call for a meeting with UK agriculture minister Michael Gove about the rising problem of dog attacks against farm livestock. In…
Agriculture… Sustainable Farming Scheme: Welsh Government proposals a change of tone but not a change of course 9 Jul 2019 Plaid Cymru have accused the Welsh Government of softening its rhetoric but still ploughing ahead with significant changes to agricultural payments post-Brexit, despite warnings of the threats that will create…
Agriculture… Welsh Government proposals a change of tone but not a change of course 8 Jul 201912 Jul 2019 Plaid Cymru have accused the Welsh Government of softening its rhetoric but still ploughing ahead with significant changes to agricultural payments post-Brexit, despite warnings of the threats that will create…
Agriculture… Give Wales the powers to sort out dog attacks 14 Jun 201925 Jun 2019 Scots show the way on tackling livestock attacks Plaid Cymru's shadow rural affairs minister Llyr Gruffydd has called for Wales to be given the powers to deal with dog attacks…
