Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 84411

Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 13 November 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on negotiations for a Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement with the EU.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
On 19 May 2025, at the UK-EU Leaders' Summit, the UK and EU announced that we have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Area. We’re expecting to start negotiations later in the autumn, once the EU has confirmed its negotiating mandat...
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