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Agricultural Policy

That the Committee has considered the matter of the UK Government’s agricultural policy as it relates to Wales. I welcome you to the Chair, Mr Havard. I hope that our proceedings will run smoothly throughout the day. I know that Mr Caton will be taking over for the afternoon sitting. The previous Welsh Grand Committee, which was on 20 October 2011, was held in Wrexham. I was delighted to take the Committee—with the agreement of the shadow Secretary of State—out of Westminster and into Wales for the first time since 2001, as I firmly believe that it is important to make the Committee more accessible. I said then that I would value feedback from all Committee members, so that we can decide whether this is something that we do in future. I therefore remind Committee members to feed in any views at this stage, because we will discuss in future whether it would be fitting to hold a Committee in Wales at least once a year.