|
|
|
T: 01686 625527 / 02920 898342 |
|
|
Contact me ...
|
'...knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens...' (Jimi Hendix) |
|
Mick Bates |
|
Press Releases 2007 |
|
|
|
|
| 2007 |
|
A change of government is the only hope now for Welsh farmers – that’s the message from Welsh Liberal Democrat AM Mick Bates. Mr Bates was speaking as AMs met at the National Botanical Gardens to discuss the future of the Tir Mynydd scheme which supports hill farmers in Wales. Mick Bates said: “The Labour Party do not understand the vital importance of these Tir Mynydd payments not only to the survival of farming families, but to rural communities and even the Welsh language in some parts of the country. “The Labour Assembly Government has no intention of restoring cuts made to the 2007 payments despite the best efforts of the opposition parties. The best hope for farmers is for a new government after the May elections. “The Welsh Liberal Democrats believe that support payments to Welsh hill farmers provide one of the most sustainable and environmentally friendly ways of protecting Welsh farming and the countryside. “In committee, and in the Assembly plenary, we will vote to restore the maximum amount of money to Tir Mynydd.” Kirsty Williams, AM for Brecon and Radnorshire added: "We have put in an impossible position by Plaid Cymru capitulating over their grubby deal to pass Labour′s budget cuts. They have forced us in to a situation where we are robbing Peter to pay Paul. We have to take money from environmental schemes to reinstate the money for Tir Mynydd. It is a shame they didn′t think about the farmers when they were cosying up to the Labour Party."
|