Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 89887

Livestock: Exports

Tabled: 11 November 2025

Answered: 1 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Laura Kyrke-Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that closer alignment with the European Union on a Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Agreement does not adversely impact (a) animal welfare laws and (b) the

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

This Government shares the British public's high regard for animal welfare and understands the strong sentiment that led to legislation to ban live exports going to slaughter. The UK-EU Common Understanding states that there will be a number of areas wher...

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