Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

What plans he has to support the livelihood of English and Welsh upland farmers in the event that the UK leaves the EU.

Tabled: 17 January 2018Answered: 25 January 2018

Asked by

Jamie Stone

Liberal DemocratCaithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answer from Hansard

The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Stephen Doughty)

I thank my hon. Friend for that important question. The Foreign Secretary spoke with his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts on 19 and 21 March respectively, and I have also been in contact with representatives of both countries. We warmly welcome the progress made by both sides on concluding negotiations on the text of a peace agreement, and we urge them both to sign that agreement as soon as possible. We encourage all sides to refrain from rhetoric or actions that undermine the prospects for peace.