In response to the Welsh Government’s statement on the introduction of a table valuation system, Plaid Cymru Shadow Rural Affairs Minister, Llyr Gruffydd AM, said:
“Plaid Cymru has never supported the introduction of table valuation system for bovine TB compensation. We defeated similar proposals in 2006 and we will oppose them again. Table valuation is a crude system that fails to properly reflect the true value of the animal and it penalises those who develop cattle of high quality.
“It’s ironic that earlier this afternoon the Minister was talking about the need to improve the quality of livestock as part of improving the resilience of the industry and then minutes later announces proposals that will undermine that.”
