Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 115130

Animal Welfare: UK Trade with EU

Tabled: 23 February 2026

Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Sam Carling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has sought equivalent provisions in the UK-EU SPS Agreement negotiations to the animal welfare carve-out provisions contained in Article 7 of the EU-Switzerland Common Food

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

As announced at the UK-EU Leaders' Summit on May 19, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Area. The EU has accepted there will need to be a number of areas where the UK needs to retain our own rules. Negotiations w...

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