“What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on family farms in Wales.”
Asked by
Gregory Stafford
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Wales
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Dame Nia Griffith)
The Government are steadfastly committed to family farms in Wales, which is why we protected the farm budget at its current level and allocated £337 million to the Welsh Government at the autumn Budget. Furthermore, at the UK-EU summit on 19 May the Prime Minister announced that the UK would deliver a new agrifood deal with the European Union. Routine sanitary and phytosanitary border checks will be eliminated, with less paperwork and fewer costs. British goods such as dairy, fish, eggs and red meat currently subject to 100% documentary checks and up to 30% physical checks will see those removed entirely.