Committee publication · Correspondence · 17 July 2025
Correspondence from the Chair to the Farmers’ Union of Wales dated 9 June 2025 relating to the 4 June evidence session
From: Welsh Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Farming in Wales in 2025: Challenges and Opportunities
Summary
Chair Ruth Jones MP requests written follow-up answers from the Farmers' Union of Wales on topics not covered during their 4 June oral evidence session to the Welsh Affairs Committee's inquiry into Welsh farming. Questions focus on export certification barriers, the UK-EU SPS agreement effectiveness, and potential alignment with EU food standards.
Key findings
- Committee seeks clarity on whether pre-reset deal export checks and certificates reduced attractiveness of Welsh goods to international markets and contributed to export quantity decline since 2019
- Committee inquires whether the recent UK-EU SPS agreement has fully removed trade barriers for Welsh exporters and what further negotiation steps should follow
- Committee asks for Farmers' Union assessment of challenges and opportunities from potential alignment with EU food standards, and which EU rules Welsh farmers might find problematic
Tone
ProceduralTopics
agriculturetradeuk-eu-relationsfood-standards
Key actors
Ruth Jones MP, Gareth Parry, Farmers' Union of Wales, Welsh Affairs Committee
Notable line
“Could this have contributed to the decrease in the overall quantity of Welsh export goods since 2019?”
Key Quotes
“Thank you for giving oral evidence to the Welsh Affairs Committee on our inquiry into Farming in Wales in 2025: Challenges and Opportunities.”
“Due to time constraints during the session, we were not able to cover all the topics that we wanted to.”
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