Janet Finch-Saunders MS – the Shadow Environment and Rural Affairs Minister – has backed a call from rural economy agency Country Land and Business Association (CLA) Cymru for a targeted approach to pollution caused through farming, saying:
“CLA Cymru is bang on the money here over Labour’s unfair stance on nitrate vulnerable zones (NVZ).
“As Welsh Conservatives have repeatedly said, a blanket NVZ policy discriminates against farmers who are abiding by the regulations, while a targeted approach that focuses attention where it’s most needed means resources can better and more efficiently applied.
“Unlike Labour, which is peddling a myth that the voluntary approach has failed, I would look to back the Blue Flag Farming approach, pursue the Water Standard, and work to deliver on the 45 recommendations by the Wales Land Management Forum Sub-Group on agricultural pollution which have so far been completely ignored by the Welsh Government.
“The pandemic hasn’t helped, but farmers in Wales have had a tough time under Labour, and imposing unnecessary costs on this vital sector of the Welsh economy helps no-one, and won’t solve the problem.”
Labour, propped up by Lib Dems, has recently voted against rescinding the Welsh Government’s NVZ policy.
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