Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80334
Import Controls: UK Trade with EU
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Ben Goldsborough
Labour — South Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the UK's withdrawal from the EU on (a) biosecurity arrangements and (b) the illegal importation of food products.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe biosecurity arrangements and regulatory frameworks for imports are no longer the same as when we were in the EU. Since leaving the EU, we have put in place sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) rules for importing food products from the EU into Great Brita...
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