Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions her Department has had with the (a) Farmers Union of Wales and (b) National Union of Farmers in Wales about the contents of the UK trade deal with New Zealand.

As members of the Department for International Trade’s Trade Advisory Groups, senior representatives of the Farmers Union of Wales and the National Union of Farmers in Wales were regularly consulted throughout the negotiations with New Zealand and at key milestones: before agreement in principle was reached in August 2021; at the point of agreement in principle in October 2021; and at signature in February 2022.