James Evans MS has told the First Minister that the “family farm tax” will damage the fabric of rural Wales.
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00:00that. James Evans. Diolch Llywydd, and I'd like to declare an interest in this matter.
00:04First Minister, last week I was proud to stand with thousands of farmers and my constituents
00:10in Westminster and yesterday at the winter fair against the family farm tax. This tax is going to
00:17damage the fabric of rural Wales, putting our family farms at risk, putting our food security
00:24at risk and as the real consequence of putting food prices up. You told farmers that they needed
00:31to calm down. That statement went down like a cup of cold sick with the farmers that I represent.
00:38First Minister, you said you would stand up for Wales. Will you now join the thousands of Welsh
00:44farmers and stand up for rural Wales and condemn your colleagues in Westminster and stand with me
00:51and those farmers and condemn the family farm tax, and will you please raise it with the Prime
00:56Minister to say that the Welsh Labour Government here does not stand with them on this matter?
01:03Thank you very much, James. First of all, thank you for declaring an interest in this important
01:08matter. Certainly, we are very aware of the concern in the agricultural community around
01:15this issue. We know that agriculture contributes a huge amount to our economy, to our culture,
01:22to the communities in rural Wales in particular, and that's why the Deputy First Minister has
01:30been speaking to the Farmers' Union Wales and has got that assurance that the UK Government will
01:37listen to them in relation to this matter. So, NFU Cymru, FUWóthat their voices
01:45will be heard. So, I think it is important for us to recognise this is a UK Government
01:51tax and it is important that those figures are bottomed out, because, clearly, there is a
02:01lack of an agreement on who exactly will be impacted. So, I would recommend again
02:07that the letter that was sent to the committee in Parliament is read in detail.
02:15Y Llywydd, a gaf i gynulliad arall?
02:17Y Llywydd, a gaf i gynulliad arall?