Written questions

Food: Imports

Commons · Question 31784 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 3 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Mark Pritchard

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require imports of (a) meat, (b) dairy and (c) eggs to meet the same animal welfare standards as the UK.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 3 Mar 2025

The Government shares the public’s high regard for the UK’s environmental protections, food standards and animal welfare. Unfortunately, it inherited trade deals signed by the Conservative government that created unfair disadvantages for British farmers. ...