Harriet Cross MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Meat Products: Origin MarkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend food labelling regulations so that the Union Jack and 'British' country-of-origin labels can only be applied to meat products f
Answer: The UK aims to maintain high standards on the information that is provided on food labels. All food sold on the UK market, including that which is imported, must comply with UK food labelling rules. The fundamental principle of our food labelling rules is...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPigs: Livestock IndustryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to mandate equitable, legally binding, cost-of-production contracts between major supermarkets, processors and independent pig farmers.
Answer: The ‘Fair Dealing Obligations (Pigs) Regulations’ aim to strengthen the pig sector by improving how contracts operate and giving farmers more control over how they sell their pigs. They introduce statutory requirements for written contracts between pig pr...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPigmeat: PricesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to provide immediate financial assistance or supply chain interventions to support UK independent pig farmers following price changes.
Answer: The UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group (UKAMMG), formed by Defra and the Devolved Governments, has routinely followed the changes in pigmeat prices, including their recent downturn after several years of strong prices. The Department does not consider...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPigmeat: SpainDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential economic impact on British independent pig farmers of Spanish pork imports being diverted into the UK market following Spain’s
Answer: The Government routinely monitors imports of sensitive agricultural products for any unforeseen surges that could impact domestic industry. Imports from Spain currently account for 9.5% of UK pigmeat imports on a country-of-origin basis. The EU-UK Trade a...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWild Boar: African Swine FeverDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the recent outbreak of African Swine Fever in wild boar in Spain, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Spanish pork imports from outside the restricted
Answer: Commercial imports of pork and pork products from Spain into Great Britain must be accompanied by health certification signed by an official veterinarian, attesting compliance with animal health requirements to mitigate the risk of spread of African swine...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTrappingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are she is taking to implement a ban on the use of snares in England; and when she expects to publish a timeline for this policy.
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation and this included a commitment to bring an end to the use of snare traps in England. This was recently reaffirmed in the Government’s ...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAgriculture and Business: Inheritance TaxDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to Agricultural and Business Property Relief on levels on investment on farms in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and
Answer: As agriculture is a devolved policy, this response only covers England. In England, no assessment has been made of the potential impact of changes to Agricultural and Business Property Relief on levels of investment on farms. Data on farm investment incom...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment he has made of the level of investment on farms in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland between (i) 1 November 2024 and 1 July 2025
Answer: No comparative assessments have been made on the level of investment on farms between the 4 UK nations as agriculture is a devolved policy. Data on farm investment income is available in the table 5 series of Farm Accounts in England – but these tables on...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
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