Question follow-through · 3201
Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent consultations he has undertaken with the farming sector on UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary negotiations.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent consultations he has undertaken with the farming sector on UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary negotiations.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jun 2026
Answer published
This Government is currently negotiating a Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement to make agrifood trade with its biggest market cheaper and easier, cutting costs and removing trade barriers for British producers and retailers. This Government held a ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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