Question follow-through · 51970
Meat: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to include a ban on the importation of product where antibiotics have been used as growth promoters in all future international trade deals.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 May 2025
- Answer
- 19 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to include a ban on the importation of product where antibiotics have been used as growth promoters in all future international trade deals.
16 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2025
Answer published
We have been clear that we will only ever sign trade agreements which align with the UK’s national interests, and we will always uphold our high food standards.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Fisheries: UK Trade with EU
20 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK-EU trade deal on the sustainability of the fisheries sector.
Fisheries: UK Trade with EU
20 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether increasing fishing quotas for UK fisheries was discussed during negotiations on the UK-EU trade deal.
Fisheries: UK Trade with EU
20 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department had discussions with the UK fisheries sector on negotiations with the EU for the UK-EU trade deal.
Genetically Modified Organisms: UK Trade with EU
20 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK-EU trade deal will allow the roll-out of gene editing in (a) plants, (b) crops, (c) animals and (d) birds.
UK Trade with EU: Genetically Modified Organisms
21 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK-EU trade deal will require the repeal of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023.
Glass: Recycling
22 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the pub and brewing sector on the potential impact of extended producer responsibility on glass packaging since 14 May 2025.
Glass: Recycling
22 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the glass manufacturing sector on the potential impact of extended producer responsibility on glass packaging since 14 May 2025.
Packaging: Recycling
22 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of extended producer responsibility on pubs in Epping Forest constituency.
Packaging: Recycling
22 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) amend and (b) pause the extended producer responsibility scheme to mitigate the impact on pubs.
Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal
2 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on the environmental impact of disposable vapes.
Meat: Smuggling
5 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 10799 on Meat: Smuggling, how much illegal meat was seized (a) from 11 October 2024 to 31 December 2024 and (b) in 2025.
Thames Water
10 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Thames Water and (b) Ofwat since the withdrawal of KKR from discussions on an equity recapitalisation deal.