Hilary Benn launches NFU Conference

Shadow secretaries Nick Herbert of the Conservatives and Lib Dem Tim Farron will also be present at the event, which runs today and tomorrow (23-24 February).

Farm minister Jim Fitzpatrick, Conservative shadow Jim Paice, Lib Dem spokesperson for Food and Rural Affairs Roger Williams and Plaid Cymru shadow minister Elfyn Llwyd will be involved in a ‘Political Question Time’ on the 24th (Tuesday).

Topics for discussion include a livestock session, “addressing the challenges, including climate change, that need to be overcome in order to develop a profitable and sustainable sector”.

There will also be a workshop on animal welfare and health, chaired by Meurig Raymond, the deputy president of the NFU.

The conference this year is titled ‘Delivering Farming’s Future’.

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