Written questions

Animal Welfare: UK Trade with EU

Commons · Question 117724 · Tabled 4 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 11 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what safeguards will be included in the UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary agreement to ensure the UK maintains the ability to set animal welfare standards unilaterally, for example to b

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 11 Mar 2026

I refer the hon Member to the reply previously given to her on 4 March 2026 to PQ UIN 115407.