Preseli Pembrokeshire Assembly Member Paul Davies has recently met with the Country Land & Business Association’s Director for Wales to discuss a number of rural policy areas and to learn more about the Association’s current priorities for Wales. CLA Cymru is a membership organisation for landowners, farmers and rural businesses across rural England and Wales.

Mr Davies said: “I was delighted to meet with the Country Land & Business Association to discuss a whole range of issues facing rural communities and rural businesses in Wales. Rural Wales is facing some serious challenges following years of neglect by previous Welsh Governments and of course, there’s a degree of uncertainty surrounding Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.”

“That’s’ s why it’s essential that the Assembly encourages the Welsh Government to work with rural industries to facilitate new investment opportunities and remove barriers to rural productivity, for example, by reforming the planning system. As an Assembly Member for a rural constituency myself, I will of course, continue to raise these matters and keep calling for the Welsh Government to give rural Wales the priority it deserves.”