Visited the Anglesey show today, which was so well attended that we had to wait in a queue for forty minutes before entering the showground.
When we finally got in, it was well worth the wait. The weather was perfect, with the large crowds clearly enjoying themselves. I was pleased to see my old friend Ieuan Wyn Jones; our respective officials took pictures of us together. I wondered momentarily what our old principal from Ruthin days, Elwyn Talog Davies, would have said if he could have seen us.
I took the opportunity to launch the Welsh Office’s new taskforce aimed at consulting on the economic impact of the downturn on the life of rural Wales. Over the next few months, we will be consulting with individuals, community groups, academics and business organisations to gather views and suggestions as to what the coalition Government can do to promote recovery in the rural areas.
The initiative was well received by the two Welsh farmers’ unions, the CLA and the Federation of Small Businesses. We are now inviting other groups to feed their views into the Office by the 27th September.
For more information, visit the Wales Office website.
