Meat: USA
Commons · Question 53275 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 22 May 2025
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US meat imports on trends in the level of UK farmers (a) lowering animal welfare standards or (b) ceasing trading.
Answer
Answered by Douglas Alexander, 22 May 2025
We have agreed new reciprocal market access on beef - with UK farmers given a guaranteed quota for 13,000 metric tonnes of beef exports at a very low tariff rate. The deal does not change Britain’s high animal welfare and environmental standards. Imports ...