National Assembly
Whilst at the Assembly, Mick Bates has campaigned for extra money for rural schools and put major road schemes into the Welsh Government Transport Plan including the Newtown bypass, Buttington improvements, the Four Crosses bypass and Glandyfi bends.
Mick Bates promoted and secured free school milk for key stage one students in Wales, helped establish the Small Schools Fund and wrote a Biomass Strategy based on a local project in Llanwyddyn to provide heat and hot water for the school and surrounding houses.
On agriculture, Mick Bates designed the unique concept of Farming Connect, a free business advisory service for farmers to help farmers throughout Wales. He campaigned successfully for the creation of an independent appeals panel to resolve subsidy disputes.
The environment is an important issue for Mick Bates and he was a founder member of the cross party National Assembly Sustainable Energy Group (NASEG) which sought to promote the development of a sustainable energy industry in Wales.
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