Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97364

Agriculture: UK Trade with EU

Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 15 December 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trading arrangements with the European Union on British agri-food exporters.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
An SPS agreement could increase the volume of UK exports of major agricultural commodities to the EU by 16% [Methodology Note: How Defra has estimated the impact of a Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement on the UK agricultural sector - GOV.UK ].Defra comm...
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