Decision details

Assembly Members (AMs) may ask Oral Assembly Questions to Welsh Ministers about any matter falling within their areas of responsibility.

Welsh Ministers answers questions once every four weeks that the Assembly meets in Plenary. Oral questions are answered during a designated Question Time in Plenary.

The Presiding Officer conducts a ballot to determine the names of Members who may table questions. Each Member may enter their name into a ballot.

The Member selected must then table their oral question at least five days before the question is due to be answered. A computer randomly selects the order in which the questions are to be asked in Plenary.

The item started at 13.30

The first 10 questions were asked. Questions 2, 4 and 8 were answered by the Deputy Minister for Farming and Food. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Minister and the Deputy Minister for Farming and Food after Question 2.