The Tory MP said he would submit a bid for a debate on the impact of the bad weather on upland sheep farmers when MPs return to the House of Commons on Monday.

BBC: Sheep in snow in Flintshire

The situation for sheep farmers has been made worse because 2012 was also a bad year due to heavy rain and floods - and then the start of this long winter.

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"We're going through a very bad time in arable farming, but that is nothing compared to the hardship the sheep farmers are going through, " he said.

BBC: Sheep in the snow