'Time to cut red tape holding back our world-class lamb'

WELSH LIB DEMS CALL FOR URGENT SPS AGREEMENT WITH EU TO EASE EXPORTS TO CRUCIAL MARKET AND SAY UK GOVERNMENT MUST 'STOP DRAGGING ITS FEET'

- By ANDREW FORGRAVE Countryside and Tourism Editor

David Chadwick MP

THE Welsh Liberal Democrats have raised fresh concerns in Parliament about the continued red tape facing Welsh farmers and food producers exporting meat, particularly lamb, to the European Union.

Speaking during a parliamentary debate secured by the Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe David Chadwick, the Lib Dems highlighted how producers in rural areas of Wales are still encountering significant costs, delays and bureaucracy when exporting to key EU markets including Germany and the Netherlands.

Welsh lamb exports are especially exposed to post-Brexit barriers. While the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement removed tariffs and quotas, it introduced new non-tariff barriers, including export health certificates, veterinary sign-off and sanitary and phytosanitary checks.