Written questions

Sheep Meat: Import Controls

Commons · Question 40732 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 31 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Josh Babarinde

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of placing a ban on the import of lamb produced on farms that carry out mulesing without pain relief.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 31 Mar 2025

The Government is firmly committed to upholding our animal welfare standards and to promoting robust standards internationally. The independent Trade and Agriculture Commission considered, in the context of its report on the UK-Australia FTA, the issue of...