Oral QuestionDepartment for International Development

“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 4 June 2020Answered: 10 June 2020

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for International Development

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Dame Nia Griffith)

I have spoken to the farming unions in Wales, and I understand their strength of feeling. These changes are expected to affect around 500 claims across the whole UK, with very few in Wales. Meanwhile, most importantly, the Welsh Government and this Government have protected the farming budget at its current level, while the Welsh Conservatives tried to block that money from reaching farmers by voting against the Welsh Government’s budget last week.