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Animal Welfare: Import Controls

Commons · Question 67739 · Tabled 14 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 22 Jul 2025

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Asked by Vikki Slade

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 56471 on foie gras import controls, if he will publish a timeline for the negotiations of the proposed UK-EU common veterinary agreem

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 22 Jul 2025

Our aim is to start the detailed negotiations as soon as possible, as we want to see businesses benefit from removing barriers to trade. It is too soon to comment on the details of the negotiations. However, animal welfare is a priority for this Governmen...