Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 52676

Plants: Disease Control

Tabled: 15 May 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025

Question

Daisy Cooper

Liberal DemocratSt Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his EU counterparts on an agreement on (a) sanitary and phytosanitary measures (b) plant health.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
We have now agreed the parameters which will establish a UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement to make agrifood trade with our biggest market cheaper and easier, cutting costs and red tape for British producers and retailers.