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Food: Production

Commons · Question 12724 · Tabled 5 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Gareth Snell

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making an assessment of (a) core food and drink production standards, (b) environmental sustainability and (c) animal welfare standard before co

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 11 Nov 2024

The Government is firmly committed to upholding our high environmental protection, animal welfare and food safety standards, areas in which the UK is a world leader. We assess environmental and food production impacts in our published FTA scoping assessme...