Sheep Farming: No-deal EU Exit Debate

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Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sarah Wollaston

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Sheep Farming: No-deal EU Exit

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Future Day:
Wed 4th Sep 2019
House of Commons
Tuesday 3rd September 2019

(6 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness Chapman of Darlington Portrait Jenny Chapman
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That is absolutely right.

Sarah Wollaston Portrait Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (LD)
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This will certainly devastate the hill farmers in my constituency, but we must also consider the impact that it would have on the landscape. Many people do not realise that our landscapes are the way they are because of grazing.

Baroness Chapman of Darlington Portrait Jenny Chapman
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The hon. Lady makes an excellent point, and that is why even my constituents in urban Darlington care about what happens to our national flock and to the livelihoods of the tens of thousands of people who work so hard to keep our landscape the way that it is.

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