§ 28. Mr. WalterTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will make a statement on the likely impact on farm incomes of the ending of the beef export ban on shipments from Northern Ireland. [49046]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe raising of the ban on the export of Northern Ireland beef should result in an improvement in beef producers' incomes in the longer term. It is difficult to be precise on the size of the impact because it is unknown how quickly and to what extent old markets will be regained and new ones developed.