David Chadwick

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat — Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

Speaking in the House of Commons on 19 June 2025

Debate

Animal Disease Outbreaks

Contribution

Many Welsh farmers in mid-Wales depend on being able to move their livestock back and forth over the border with England. Indeed, 550 farms straddle the border. The imposition of a veterinary hard border between England and Wales will be damaging for the farming community in my constituency and the local economy that they support. Farmers simply cannot afford to pay £70 a beast for testing, and apparently there is not even enough testing capacity for all the livestock that cross the border anyway. What steps is the Minister taking to address the situation, and to prevent Welsh farmers from losing out?

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