FUW BREAKFAST
The new term in the Assembly building begins with an excellent FUW breakfast, and thanks to President Gareth Vaughan and to the FUW for such an excellent start to the term.
It was very gratifying also that the Minister took the opportunity to announce a review of farm visits and on the various forms that have to be filled in. It is gratifying because this is the subject of the debate that the Welsh Conservatives have put down for tomorrow asking for a cut in government red tape, so it is good to see the government responding on the eve of our debate. I hope that that is going to set a precedent for them adopting more and more of our policies. It is an encouraging sight!
I must say I am somewhat surprised, however, that the announcement was made at an FUW breakfast rather than in Plenary. The Presiding Officer has been very firm and correctly so that statements of government policy should be made to Plenary, and there can be no possible reason why this shouldn’t have happened in the Plenary session today.
