Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 40732

Sheep Meat: Import Controls

Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025

Question

Josh Babarinde

Liberal DemocratEastbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of placing a ban on the import of lamb produced on farms that carry out mulesing without pain relief.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
The Government is firmly committed to upholding our animal welfare standards and to promoting robust standards internationally. The independent Trade and Agriculture Commission considered, in the context of its report on the UK-Australia FTA, the issue of...

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