Debate contribution: Nutrients Action Programme

Debate contribution by Mr Timothy Gaston on 15 June 2026.

MLA: Mr Timothy Gaston
Party at the time: Traditional Unionist Voice
Date: 15 June 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Nutrients Action Programme
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5613833

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I did not have the benefit of seeing whether the Minister delivered that answer with a straight face. I can only think that he did not. Given that it was exposed that a poor culture existed at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), with video evidence showing slurry being blown into a local forest, amongst other breaches, when will all the data behind the NAP proposals be published to allow the industry to robustly scrutinise it? Minister, to be brutally honest with you, you and AFBI have little or no credibility left among the agriculture industry. The answer that you provided sums that up nicely.

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2442/22-27.

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