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...