Livestock: Exports
Commons · Question 8480 · Tabled 10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Sir Bernard Jenkin
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider allowing the export of live animals to the EU as part of the dynamic alignment provisions of the proposed sanitary and phytosanitary agreement with the EU.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 15 Jun 2026
The Government does not currently prohibit the export of live animals to the EU, except for slaughter and fattening. This Government is currently negotiating a Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement to make agrifood trade with our biggest market cheap...