00:00 Boosting and strengthening our food security is paramount.
00:05 I'm going to make some progress if I may.
00:07 This action stands in stark contrast to those of the party opposite.
00:11 Now, farmers in Wales have become used to an uneasy relationship with Welsh Labour over the last 25 years.
00:18 But as Members may have seen, frustration is turning to anger following the publication of the Welsh Government's sustainable farming scheme.
00:26 This scheme is nothing short of unworkable.
00:29 Instead of freeing farmers from the burden of red tape, farmers are forced into an atrocious set of data gathering and reporting on a yearly basis.
00:38 Farmers will be forced to submit data on the amount of medicines they give their animals,
00:43 or the rates of lamb loss in their flock, soil samples and even data on worm numbers and seed receipts.
00:50 It will require every farmer to do six online training courses each and every year.
00:57 And most controversially of all, it forces farmers to take 10% of their land out of production to plant trees, harming our ability to feed ourselves.
01:07 Mr Deputy Speaker, last week a number of farmers travelled to Cardiff Bay to protest against these changes.
01:13 These protesters were not extremists or conspiracy theorists, as Labour MPs last week labelled them.
01:20 They were raising legitimate grievances about the viability of their businesses under the Welsh Government's plans.
