Agriculture… Welsh Government admits disallowance discussions on EU payments scandal 13 Jul 202028 Jul 2020 Plaid Cymru demands full RDP review as £53m may have to be paid back An urgent and independent review of the Rural Development Programme is needed after it was revealed…
Agriculture… Plaid in last-ditch plea for farm access to Economic Resilience Fund 4 May 20204 May 2020 Plaid Cymru's shadow rural affairs minister Llyr Gruffydd has issued a last ditch plea for farm businesses to be given access to a key Welsh Government business support scheme. The…
Agriculture… Farmers running up losses and running out of time 27 Apr 2020 Emergency support scheme has to be priority before it’s too late Plaid Cymru has demanded an emergency support scheme to help Welsh farms survive the catastrophic impact of the covid-19…
Agriculture… Welsh farmers facing ‘perfect storm’ without urgent intervention 3 Apr 2020 Plaid Cymru politicians have warned that Welsh farmers face a "perfect storm" without urgent intervention by both UK and Welsh Governments. Llyr Gruffydd AM and Ben Lake MP have written…
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…