British Wool Month and Baavet, Porthmadog

That this House marks British Wool Month and celebrates the vital contribution that wool makes to farming, manufacturing and rural communities across the UK; recognises the importance of promoting British wool as a natural and sustainable material; congratulates Baavet of Porthmadog on its work to promote British wool and sustainable manufacturing; notes that the company was established in 2009 from a farming background with the aim of developing products using home produced wool; further recognises the wider economic and environmental value of wool as a natural and sustainable material and the contribution that wool manufacturing can make to rural economies and domestic supply chains; also recognises the importance of innovative Welsh businesses such as Baavet which add value to agricultural products and create high-quality goods; believes that innovative rural businesses have a vital role to play in securing resilient local economies; and calls on the Government to work with the farming and manufacturing sectors to increase the use and value of British wool and support businesses which turn locally produced natural materials into high-quality finished products.