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1400452

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2022
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Welsh farming industry on the effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on their ability to operate.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	99059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>I regularly meet with various representatives from across the farming sector in Wales. I met with the President of NFU England and Wales in December 2021 and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State attended the Royal Welsh Winter Fair in November 2021, where he met with various representatives from the farming unions in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Trade and Cooperation Agreement maintains zero tariffs and zero quotas on trade in goods between the UK and EU. It provides for ongoing cooperation regarding public, animal and plant health, whilst limiting technical barriers to trade and maintaining full control over our domestic regimes.</p><p> </p><p>With EU Exit, new trading opportunities have opened up, and the UK Government continues to support businesses – including those in the Welsh farming sector – to achieve their trading potential. The UK Government is supporting farming businesses to seize new global export opportunities and is working in lockstep with partners like the NFU and the Food and Drink Federation to deliver tailored support on the ground for Welsh farmers in the wake of EU Exit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 17/01/2022 11:13:47 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1362992

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the cumulative impact of successive trade deals on Welsh agriculture.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	62814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2021 answer text <p>HMG publishes scoping assessments to assess the impacts of free trade agreements, in advance of negotiations. Following signature of an agreement, a full impact assessment is published prior to implementation. These assessments set out the impact of each agreement at a sectoral (including agriculture and the food sector) and sub-national level including Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The exact impacts of future trade agreements are uncertain and together with the devolved administrations, Defra has established the UK Agricultural Market Monitoring Group (UKAMMG) to monitor and assess the impact of market developments across the UK. The group monitors UK agricultural markets including price, supply, trade and recent developments, enabling it to provide forewarning of any atypical market movements. The UKAMMG will flag where further investigation of market developments is required and when policy teams and Ministers should be informed of any developments. Whilst the UK Government works closely with the Welsh Government in monitoring the UK agricultural markets it remains sensitive to the fact that agriculture is a devolved policy area.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, HMG is actively monitoring the impact of newly implemented free trade agreements and is currently developing the tools and evidence for future monitoring and evaluation of free trade agreements.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 05/11/2021 13:30:30 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1282335

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were employed in the agricultural sector in Wales in (1) 1991, (2) 2000, (3) 2010, and (4) 2019.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL12843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2021 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</strong> | National Statistician</p><p> </p><p>The Lord Roberts of Llandudno</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p> </p><p>05 February 2021</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Roberts,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people were employed in the agricultural sector in Wales in (1) 1991, (2) 2000, (3) 2010, and (4) 2019 <strong>(HL12843).</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Agricultural employment estimates are produced using a combination of DEFRA surveys and Office for National Statistics (ONS) employment surveys. Employment estimates by year, industry and geographic location are available to download on the employment surveys datasets area of NOMIS[1].</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows agricultural employment in Wales in 1991, 2000, 2010 and 2019.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Agricultural employment in Wales</strong><strong><strong>[2]</strong></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>All employees, thousands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991 [3]</p></td><td><p>20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000 [4]</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010<sup> [5]</sup></p></td><td><p>15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 <sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>14,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</strong></p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?opt=3&amp;theme=&amp;subgrp=" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?opt=3&amp;theme=&amp;subgrp=</a></p><p>[2] Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand</p><p>[3] ONS source is the Annual Employment Survey</p><p>[4] ONS source is the Annual Business Inquiry</p><p>[5] ONS source is the Business Register Employment Survey</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 16/02/2021 12:21:35 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1282336

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2021
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they estimate was provided by the European Economic Community to support agriculture in Wales in 1991; and how much such money was provided by the EU in (1) 2000, (2) 2010, and (3) 2019.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL12844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2021 answer text <p>The following estimated amounts to support agriculture were paid by the Welsh Office Agriculture Department / Welsh Government under Common Agricultural Policy schemes in the years shown:</p><p> </p><p>- 1991 £42.757 million;</p><p>- 2000 £175.620 million;</p><p>- 2010 £321.185 million;</p><p>- 2019 £318.311 million.</p><p> </p><p>The above figures exclude market measures paid for the whole of the UK by the Intervention Board / Rural Payments Agency.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 15/02/2021 16:44:53 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1257318

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with the Welsh Government on Welsh farm payments prior to the 2020 Spending Review.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	123674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>There has been significant engagement with the Welsh Government at ministerial and official level ahead of the 2020 Spending Review, including on the topic of farm payments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>At Spending Review 2020, the government provided £240 million of Exchequer funding for Welsh farmers, land managers and the rural economy for 2021/22. This meets the government’s manifesto commitment to maintain the current annual budget to farmers, ensuring that Welsh farmers will receive the same total funding in 2021/22 as they received in 2019 when the manifesto commitment was made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 09/12/2020 14:37:04 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1257323

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2020
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Welsh farm payments prior to the 2020 Spending Review.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	123676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>I had regular discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a wide range of subjects prior to Spending Review 2020, including future agriculture funding.</p><p> </p><p>This Government stood on a clear manifesto commitment to guarantee the current annual budget to farmers in every year of this Parliament. We fulfilled this commitment for 2021-22 in the Spending Review. We have provided new Exchequer funding on top of the remaining £97 million of EU funding to ensure that £337 million of support continues to go to Welsh farmers this year. We remain committed to our manifesto pledge for the remainder of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 07/12/2020 10:44:06 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1201911

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of further cooperation between Wales and border communities on farming and agriculture.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	57135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>Agriculture is a devolved matter and now we have left the EU each UK administration has the flexibility to develop agricultural policy suited to their own unique circumstances. There is much merit in working cooperatively with the Welsh Government and we are working closely with all the devolved administrations on an administrative agricultural support framework. The framework will cover cross border issues. There are many farms along the border between England and Wales, so there is value in working cooperatively with the Welsh Government and learning from one another.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/06/2020 16:58:48 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1144440

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency funding has been made available to the Welsh Government for the agricultural sector in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	286134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Defra is working closely with colleagues across the devolved administrations to understand the potential impacts of a no-deal exit on the agricultural sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has now made available £6.3 billion to prepare for Brexit, including £4.2 billion funding this financial year alone.</p><p> </p><p>In the event of no deal, the Government would of course take economic measures to mitigate any short-run disruption, support the economy through the transition, and to boost the long-term potential of the UK economy.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/09/2019 09:15:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1142832

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government on the potential effect on the farming industry in Wales of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	284286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>My officials and I have regular discussions with the Welsh Government on a range of issues including EU Exit.</p><p>On 30 July in the first few days of the new Prime Minister being appointed, he and I met with the First Minister in Cardiff where amongst other topics we discussed support for farmers in Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 09/09/2019 12:16:27 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1143444

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the farming industry in Wales of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	284934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>We remain focused on ensuring our smooth and orderly withdrawal from the EU with a deal as soon as possible. However, as a responsible Government we have been preparing to minimise any disruption in the event of a no-deal.</p><p>I regularly meet with the Farmers’ Union of Wales, NFU Cymru and the CLA Cymru to discuss EU Exit and the impact on the agriculture sector.</p><p>We have made it clear that we will support vulnerable sectors, such as our sheep farmers, through government intervention in the event of a ‘no-deal’, should this be necessary. We will be monitoring the sectors which may be exposed to short-term difficulties as a result of EU Exit closely to identify early signs of market disturbance allowing us to react swiftly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 09/09/2019 12:19:22 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones