Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 7853
Trade Agreements: Disease Control
Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Named DayQuestion
Dr Ben Spencer
Conservative — Runnymede and Weybridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many trade agreements require the use of biosecurity (a) facilities and (b) services provided by the Animal and Plant Health Agency in New Haw; and if he will make an estimate of the contribution o
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderThe UK has over 70 trade agreements in place. APHA facilities and services managing the risks posed by animal diseases to human and animal health are crucial to underpinning the biosecurity of imports and exports under all of them. Published impact assess...
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