Scotland’s farming community are facing a “significant impact” from Australian imports of beef and lamb due to the UK Government’s post-Brexit trade deal with the country, according to the National Farmers Union of Scotland (NFUS).
Speaking in front of the Lords’ International Agreements Committee, NFUS political affairs manager Beatrice Morrice expressed her disappointment in the safeguarding of Scottish farmers interests in the deal, alongside her counterpart in England.
Morrice described the safeguards of the deal as “very short-term” and not in line with those promised to the sector prior to the agreement made by those in Westminster, adding: “After 15 years, there is no recourse at all, and that could impact significantly on the farming sector in Scotland.”
