Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 87112
Animal Products: Smuggling
Tabled: 31 October 2025
Answered: 11 November 2025
Named DayQuestion
Dr Neil Hudson
Conservative — Epping Forest
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing national taskforce to tackle illegal imports of (a) meat and (b) animal products.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleDefra is considering this recommendation in the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s report on meat smuggling.