Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Emma Reynolds and Nia Griffith

Thursday 19th March 2026 Commons Chamber

[Dame Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab)]

I very much appreciate the determination of this Government to get an SPS agreement with the EU. That will bring down costs both for our Welsh farmers exporting meat, and for our consumers. Llanelli has a long tradition of cockle gathering, but exports of unprocessed shellfish were stopped by the Tories’ ill-thought-through Brexit deal. Will the Secretary of State please update us on any progress on the export of shellfish?

[Emma Reynolds]

A successful SPS deal will bring huge benefits to the shellfish industry, which was, as my hon. Friend said, very badly affected by the botched Brexit deal that we inherited from the last Government.