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Craig Williams Excerpts
Thursday 15th April 2021

(3 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ranil Jayawardena Portrait Mr Jayawardena
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Not only are Her Majesty’s Government one of the biggest donors of aid around the world, including to Yemen, but as was set out in the Secretary of State’s written statement, we have devised a clear and revised methodology to make sure we will only license such products if they are consistent with the consolidated criteria.

Craig Williams Portrait Craig Williams (Montgomeryshire) (Con)
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What recent assessment she has made of the potential effect of her Department’s trade policies on UK farmers.

Elizabeth Truss Portrait The Secretary of State for International Trade (Elizabeth Truss)
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We want to sell more British food around the world and help farmers make the most of our trade deals with 66 nations, plus the EU. We launched the Open Doors campaign, which will help our farmers to export to the world’s fastest growing markets.

Craig Williams Portrait Craig Williams
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It is well documented that the food produced by our farmers is world class and demand around the world is increasing. Can my right hon. Friend build on the success of her FTAs, especially with Japan, in opening up markets for Welsh lamb and beef, including the United States? There was success with the United States on beef, and hopefully there will be on lamb. Can she update us in particular on the United States and Japan?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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Welsh farmers export £144 million of lamb and beef around the world, and the recent opening of the US market to beef and the Japanese market to lamb will boost the figures further. Last month, I visited Kepak, which is already shipping beef to the US from farms across Wales, including in my hon. Friend’s constituency.