Reports of a new UK-EU strategic partnership is a ‘welcome boost’ for Welsh producers – Plaid Cymru

Reducing trade barriers will help Welsh producers who make vital contribution to Wales’ economy – Liz Saville Roberts MP

During Wales Questions in the House of Commons today (Wednesday 30 April), Plaid Cymru Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts MP said that the reports of a new UK-EU strategic partnership to reduce trade barriers will be a ‘welcome boost’ to Wales’s food and drinks producers.  

75% of the sector’s exports currently go to the EU.  

Ms Saville Roberts outlined the vital contribution that Welsh producers make to Wales’ economy and asked Jo Stevens MP to join her in celebrating producers and farmers from across Wales. The Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP gave a special mention to those at Nefyn Show in her constituency and to those from Carmarthenshire who were visiting Parliament today for Carmarthenshire Day. 

Speaking in the House of Commons, Liz Saville Roberts MP said:   

“Reports of a new UK-EU strategic partnership to reduce trade barriers will at last be a welcome boost to Wales’s food and drinks producers, given that 75% of the sector’s exports go to the EU.  

“All producers, from farm to fork, of our wonderful Welsh produce make a vital contribution to Wales’s economy.  

“Will the Secretary of State join me in celebrating all of Wales’s producers and farmers, especially those at Nefyn Show on Monday and even more so those from Carmarthenshire here today?”