Will the Minister confirm when the Welsh Government's review of its export support for Welsh food and drink businesses will be finished and will she publish the review's findings?
The Welsh Government’s UK and International Food and Drink Trade Events programme is in place until end of March 2017 (https://businesswales.gov.wales/foodanddrink/news-and-events/events-calendar-2016-2017).
We have started to consider evidence to identify priority export markets for the sector, which could then inform the development of any future events programme. We expect the report to be finalised at the end of this month.
We will not be publishing this report given that it contains commercially sensitive information we have gained direct from Welsh businesses. I will be publishing a renewed programme which will be based on the recommendations from the report before the end of the financial year.