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Wines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of agri-food attachés on the domestic wine sector.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
21 Nov 2025
Target answer date
25 Nov 2025
Answer
4 Dec 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of agri-food attachés on the domestic wine sector.

  2. 25 Nov 2025

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  3. 4 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Defra has 16 agri-food attachés across the world who resolve market access barriers and support export growth for the UK agri-food sector, including wine. So far in 2025, the attachés have helped resolve 41 trade barriers, worth nearly £100m in export opp...

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