Question follow-through · 104996
Animal Products: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of food imports produced to lower animal welfare standards on the competitiveness of UK farmers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of food imports produced to lower animal welfare standards on the competitiveness of UK farmers.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government shares the public’s high regard for the high animal welfare standards we have in this country; they are one of the selling points of our British farming industry and are greatly valued by consumers both at home and abroad. As set out in the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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