Question follow-through · 113011

Animal Welfare: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to secure a carve out for animal welfare in the SPS agreement.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 11 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 23 Feb 2026
Answer: 23 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

11 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to secure a carve out for animal welfare in the SPS agreement.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government shares the British public's high regard for animal welfare and will look to raise standards further through our recently published Animal Welfare Strategy. As announced at the UK-EU Leaders' Summit on 19 May 2025, the UK and EU have agreed ...

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