Welsh red meat exports

That this House notes with concern that the UK Government is currently negotiating tariff-free access for lamb imports from Australia which could undercut Welsh farmers and lamb exporters; welcomes the Prime Minister’s stated support for the Welsh red meat industry, and his comments in Prime Minister's Questions on 19 May that it is shameful that Welsh lamb has not been consumed in the US market since 1989; notes that the UK Government failed to apply on behalf of England and Wales for negligible risk status for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) from the World Organisation for Animal Health; recognises the work of the British Meat Processors Association who note that the failure to apply for negligible risk status cost the UK meat industry an estimated £16 million in lost revenue, equivalent to the reported value of UK lamb exports to the US market; and calls on the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs to urgently apply for negligible risk status for Welsh beef to further Welsh red meat exports.