Question follow-through · 108995

Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce reliance on physical paperwork in sanitary and phytosanitary processes for trade with the European Union.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 27 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 29 Jan 2026
Answer: 3 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

27 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce reliance on physical paperwork in sanitary and phytosanitary processes for trade with the European Union.
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government is currently negotiating a Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement to make agrifood trade with our biggest market cheaper and easier, cutting costs and red tape for British producers and retailers. Routine SPS border checks will be elimi...

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