Question follow-through · 13162
Meat: Australia
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the import of (a) beef, (b) lamb and (c) mutton through the free trade agreement between the UK and Australia on UK farmer
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the import of (a) beef, (b) lamb and (c) mutton through the free trade agreement between the UK and Australia on UK farmer
12 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Nov 2024
Answer published
This Government's commitment to farmers and the vital role they play, remains steadfast. We will never forget that farmers are the beating heart of our great country. It is their hard work that puts food on our tables and stewards our beautiful countrysid...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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