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Sheep Farming: No-deal EU Exit

Proceeding contribution from Ruth Jones (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 3 September 2019. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Sheep Farming: No-deal EU Exit.

I congratulate my hon. Friend. She is absolutely correct to raise concerns about the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the sheep industry in Britain, and nowhere will that impact be felt more than in Wales. In acknowledging the work that the NFU Cymru and the Farmers Union of Wales do on behalf of Welsh farmers, may I point out that 96% of all the Welsh lamb sent out of the UK goes to the 27 other nations in the EU? If we do not get this right, sheep farmers in Wales will be pushed to breaking point, and we cannot allow that.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
664 c145 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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