Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97366
Import Controls: EU Countries
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, whether her Department has had discussions with exporters on sanitary and phytosanitary requirements when trading with the European Union.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleDefra has engaged closely with industry, including exporters, to understand the barriers faced when trading with the EU. Business groups broadly welcomed the announcement in May of the UK and EU’s commitment to work towards an SPS agreement. Defra will co...
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