Cheese: Lancashire
Commons · Question 74076 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 19 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that Lancashire cheesemakers can access the benefits of the new Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement on equal terms with other UK artisan e
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 19 Sep 2025
We will agree a Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement to make agrifood trade with our biggest market cheaper and easier, cutting costs and red tape for British producers and retailers. GB goods such as dairy are currently subject to 100% documentary ...