Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 114509
Animal Products: UK Trade with EU
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 26 February 2026
Question
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party — Waveney Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's red lines are for negotiations on a UK–EU sanitary and phytosanitary agreement; and what assessment she has made of the the potential merits of retaining the abil
Answer
Dame Angela EagleDefra is currently negotiating a Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement to make agrifood trade with our biggest market cheaper and easier, cutting costs and regulatory barriers for British producers and retailers. The EU has accepted there will need t...
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