Asked by: John Lamont (Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps the Government is taking to work with the Welsh Government to deliver the Veterans Strategy Action Plan 2022-24.
Answered by Simon Hart - Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
A key commitment in the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan is to appoint a Veterans’ Commissioner for Wales, ensuring that all parts of the UK have an independent voice representing the interests of veterans.
Asked by: John Lamont (Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on the Welsh lamb industry of the end of US restrictions on the import of British lamb.
Answered by Simon Hart - Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
The lifting of this ban is fantastic news and brings Welsh farmers one step closer to putting their first-class lamb on US menus for the first time in 20 years.
Farmers will now be able to reach a new market of over 300 million people. This win will support vital jobs and growth in Wales.