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Import Controls: UK Trade with EU

Commons · Question 54511 · Tabled 22 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 6 Jun 2025

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Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the agreement between the EU and UK to create a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement of 19 May 2025, whether agri-food tech exports would be required to meet (a) UK a

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 6 Jun 2025

The EU have accepted there will need to be a number of areas where we need to retain our own rules. The details of these are subject to negotiation, but we have been clear about the importance of being able to set high animal welfare standards, support pu...