Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 16 January 2017.
Mark Williams
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Wales)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release, Lamb exports to America closer, published on 27 July 2016, what information she holds on when the first Welsh lamb exports to the US are expected to take place.
George Eustice
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The US authorities are conducting the necessary steps to formally lift their restrictions on exports of EU lamb to the US. Defra is working with the US authorities to ensure exports of lamb from the UK can commence as quickly as possible once the restrictions have been lifted.
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