Found: Agreements) Bill [HL] (5th Report, Session 2019–21, HL Paper 55), para 21; Constitution Committee, Agriculture Bill

Science and Technology in Agriculture APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: George Eustice on behalf of the APPG urging the Government to support a targeted amendment to the Agriculture Bill

Net Zero APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Rural Affairs urgently needs a plan for a net zero transition for agriculture: the current agriculture bill

Animal Welfare APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: During the pass of the Agriculture Bill through the House of Lords, the Minister agreed to the funding

Animal Welfare APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: latter is to enable farmers to add value to their primary products (as highlighted in the Agriculture Bill

United Nations Global Goals APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: A key component of the Plan, and the subsequent Agriculture Bill, is a new environmental land management

Found: individual Purpose of meeting Rt Hon Mark Spencer 19/05/2020 National Farmers' Union To discuss the Agriculture Bill

Found: Olivia Bloomfield 23/04/2020 National Farmers' Union (NFU) To discuss the passage of the Agriculture Bill

Found: Written evidence on the draft Agriculture Bill.

Found: Environment Bill (Parliament Environment Agency Introduction 11 Environment Agency11UK, 2020a) and Agriculture Bill

Found: 31 Proposals for agricultural holdings were therefore generally consulted on as part of the Agriculture Bill

Found: Other options were available at that time, such as using the Agriculture Bill or Land Reform Bill to

Found: The Scottish Agriculture Bill includes the “ability to amend Retained EU Law for CAP legacy schemes

Found: Management of agricultural soils are directly relevant to the forthcoming Agriculture Bill and Sustainable

Question

What action is the Welsh Government taking to support a just transition to net zero?

Answered by Minister for Climate Change

Actions in support of a just transition to Net Zero are those which deliver decarbonisation at the same time as making our society fairer, avoiding the risks of widening inequalities. We believe this principle has to guide all actions we take in delivering Net Zero.

Actions we have taken in pursuit of a just transition include the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill, the Agriculture Bill, the creation of a public sector energy developer, our Warm Homes programme and the Net Zero Skills plan. These are all examples of policies which aim to both deliver decarbonisation and social justice.

To strengthen our approach to just transition we published a call for evidence at the end of 2022. I will be publishing a summary report to the Call in September 2023, which will be used alongside additional ongoing research, to support the development of Welsh Government’s overarching approach to supporting a just transition.

Many of the most powerful levers to deliver a just transition, such as powers over welfare and trade, sit with the UK Government. We call on the UK Government to develop its own Just Transition policy to ensure the powers at its disposal are deployed effectively.

Question

Will national minimum standards be part of the Agriculture Bill or the sustainable farming scheme implementation?

Answered by Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

National Minimum Standards (NMS) for agriculture already exist across numerous items of Regulations providing the regulatory baseline. Work is underway to identify necessary amendments and any additional primary powers required to ensure the effective management of NMS into the future. Although these proposals will not form part of the Agricultural Bill, it remains the intention for NMS to underpin the proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme when introduced.

Question

What efforts and communications has the Minister made to ensure that World School Milk Day on 28 September will be used to utilise and promote local producers across Wales?

Answered by Minister for Education and the Welsh Language

World School Milk Day provides an opportunity to celebrate the important work dairy farmers undertake each and every day to ensure nutritious milk is provided not just to our school children but to every citizen across Wales.

The Welsh Government’s social media channel has raised awareness of this day, and our support for the industry as a whole.

The dairy sector is an important growth area for the Welsh food and drink industry. The Welsh Government is committed to a sustainable, vibrant and successful agricultural sector and food chain which helps to underpin the wider rural economy.

Milk contains a number of useful nutrients that contribute positively to the diets of children and young people. It is a recommended drink in schools under the Healthy Eating in Schools Regulations 2013, and milk drinks and products are one of the four food groups included in the Free Breakfast in Primary Schools Initiative.

As part of the roll-out of Universal Primary Free School Meals, we will be working with partners to increase the supply of Welsh food and drink products featured within school meals. This will help support local food producers including dairy farmers, as well as shorten supply chains, reduce carbon emissions, and strengthen the Foundational Economy.

In addition, we recently published Wales’ first ever Agriculture Bill which recognises the complementary objectives of supporting farmers in the sustainable production of food and drink alongside taking action to respond to the climate and nature emergencies, contributing to thriving rural communities and keeping farmers on the land.

Question

Will the Minister outline her assessment of the benefits of a population-level approach to preventative livestock health, and whether she has plans to incorporate a preventative animal health programme in the forthcoming Welsh agriculture bill?

Answered by Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs

Substantive response

Found: farming sector in Wales; ƒ Designing agricultural policies: contextual considerations; and ƒ UK Agriculture Bill

Found: production ................................................................................. 7 Agriculture Bill

Found: The Plan says: The new Agriculture Bill will be the biggest policy change the agriculture sector has

Found: 2019 report: 17% of species in Wales are at risk of extinction (2019) ƒ Senedd Research, UK Agriculture Bill

Found: UK legislation Agriculture Bill The Agriculture Bill was granted Royal Assent on 11 November.

Found: UK legislation Agriculture Bill The House of Lords considered the Agriculture Bill at report stage

Found: UK legislation Agriculture Bill The House of Lords completed scrutiny of the Agriculture Bill at committee

Found: ................................................................................14 4.3.a The Agriculture Bill