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Agricultural Pollution Regulations
- This consultation has completed. It ran from Thursday, 5 August 2021 to Friday, 10 September 2021
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Response to the consultation
Evidence submitted in response to this Consultation
- APR01 Fish Legal PDF 114 KB View as HTML (1) 18 KB
- APR02 Individual response PDF 80 KB View as HTML (2) 14 KB
- APR03 Individual response PDF 78 KB View as HTML (3) 13 KB
- APR04 Individual response PDF 62 KB View as HTML (4) 13 KB
- APR05 Individual response PDF 63 KB View as HTML (5) 14 KB
- APR06 Individual response PDF 71 KB View as HTML (6) 18 KB
- APR07 Individual response PDF 65 KB View as HTML (7) 14 KB
- APR08 Individual response PDF 64 KB View as HTML (8) 13 KB
- APR09 Individual response PDF 67 KB View as HTML (9) 15 KB
- APR10 Individual response PDF 66 KB View as HTML (10) 14 KB
- APR11 Individual response PDF 59 KB View as HTML (11) 12 KB
- APR12 Pontardawe and Swansea Angling Society PDF 69 KB View as HTML (12) 16 KB
- APR13 Gwent Angling Society PDF 126 KB View as HTML (13) 17 KB
- APR14 Welsh Water PDF 95 KB View as HTML (14) 27 KB
- APR15 Carmarthenshire Fishermen's Federation PDF 75 KB View as HTML (15) 22 KB
- APR16 Country Land and Business Association in Wales PDF 94 KB View as HTML (16) 29 KB
- APR17 Wildlife Trusts Wales PDF 327 KB View as HTML (17) 38 KB
- APR18 Individual Response PDF 76 KB View as HTML (18) 24 KB
- APR19 Farmers’ Union of Wales PDF 709 KB View as HTML (19) 151 KB
- APR20 NFU Cymru PDF 121 KB View as HTML (20) 74 KB
- APR21 Individual response PDF 147 KB View as HTML (21) 30 KB
- APR22 Tenant Farmers Association PDF 78 KB View as HTML (22) 31 KB
- APR23 Individual response PDF 71 KB View as HTML (23) 25 KB
- APR24 Individual response (Welsh only) PDF 69 KB View as HTML (24) 24 KB
- APR25 Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, Cymru PDF 168 KB View as HTML (25) 48 KB
- APR26 Individual response PDF 75 KB View as HTML (26) 26 KB
- APR27 Nature Friendly Farming Network Cymru PDF 173 KB View as HTML (27) 53 KB
- APR28 Individual response PDF 174 KB View as HTML (28) 45 KB
- APR29 Individual response PDF 236 KB View as HTML (29) 30 KB
- APR30 Salmon & Trout Conservation Cymru PDF 541 KB View as HTML (30) 29 KB
- APR 31 Wales Environment Link PDF 773 KB
- APR 32 Natural Resources Wales PDF 377 KB
Purpose of the consultation
The Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee gathered views on the Welsh Government’s agricultural pollution regulations.
The Welsh Government introduced new regulations to control agricultural pollution in January 2021. The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 came into force in April and designated the whole of Wales as a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ), meaning farmers across Wales must comply with rules on the application of nitrates (slurry and fertiliser) on their land. Previously only 2.4% of the land area of Wales was designated as NVZs. In June the Senedd voted to call upon a relevant Senedd committee to urgently review the regulations.
The Committee asked for views on any or all of the issues covered in the terms of reference, and in particular on the following questions:
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>>>the positive aspects of the current all-Wales approach;
>>>the negative aspects of the current all-Wales approach;
>>>the process for developing the current approach;
>>>the alternatives to the current approach; and
>>>if an all-Wales approach were to be retained, how the current approach could be improved.
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The deadline for submissions to this inquiry was 10 September 2021.
For clarity, there was no designated form for submissions.
Contact details
Should you wish to speak to someone regarding this consultation, please use the below contact details:
Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN
Email: SeneddEconomy@senedd.wales
Telephone: 0300 200 6565