Will the Minister disclose the total number of agri-pollution incidents that have occurred in Wales since the beginning of 2022.
There have been 72 incidents reported to Natural Resources Wales between 1 January 2022 and 16 February 2022 of pollution to land, water and air from suspected agricultural sources. Activities under this classification include water pollution, land contamination and burning of waste. In total 16 incidents have been substantiated and the premises confirmed as agriculture and 21 incidents remain under investigation. Details on the NRW incident classification process are available on the NRW website
https://naturalresources.wales/media/681158/ogn-102-incident-categorisation-guidance-note-eng.pdf