Mr. Edwards: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representation he has received from farming representatives in Wales about the Crisis in the Welsh Livestock Industry.

We have been provided with documentation of various sorts for this debate, but it is important to remember another report, which was published yesterday: the Welsh Affairs Committee report entitled, "The present Crisis in the Welsh Livestock Industry".

The European beef ban has provoked an unprecedented and hideous Crisis in the Welsh Livestock Industry.