Trade Agreements: Disease Control
Commons · Question 7853 · Tabled 8 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Ben Spencer
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many trade agreements require the use of biosecurity (a) facilities and (b) services provided by the Animal and Plant Health Agency in New Haw; and if he will make an estimate of the contribution o
Answer
Answered by Douglas Alexander, 14 Oct 2024
The UK has over 70 trade agreements in place. APHA facilities and services managing the risks posed by animal diseases to human and animal health are crucial to underpinning the biosecurity of imports and exports under all of them. Published impact assess...