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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Wales

Asked by Adam JogeeLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 25 July 2024UIN 742

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for the Environment in the Welsh Government on his departmental priorities.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The Secretary of State had a call with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs on his second full day (9 July) where they committed to constructive partnership working, and identified early shared priorities to collaborate on to protect our natural resources and grow the economy, including initiatives to build a circular economy and measures to improve the water quality in our shared rivers.

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