Ag Bill secures fairer share of red meat levy for GB nations
Changes to the distribution of the GB red meat levy will be implemented next year, with Scotland and Wales receiving more than £1m from English abattoirs.
The passing of the Agriculture Bill has helped secure a fairer share of the red meat levy for England, Scotland and Wales.
The changes, to begin from April 2021, recognise cross-border livestock movement, and will provide greater transparency to farmers and processors in each nation.
It has been a long-running objective for all three boards – AHDB, Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC), and Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) – to have direct control over home-generated levies for domestic marketing campaigns, industry development and export activities.
The three levy bodies have worked together to identify a mechanism that can underpin the redistribution of red meat levies, which will be updated each year.
The new scheme, which will replace the collaborative ring-fenced fund, will see more than £1m of levy collected in English abattoirs return to each of Scotland and Wales.
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