Question follow-through · 8288
Pigmeat: Spain
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential economic impact on British independent pig farmers of Spanish pork imports being diverted into the UK market following Spain’s
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential economic impact on British independent pig farmers of Spanish pork imports being diverted into the UK market following Spain’s
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government routinely monitors imports of sensitive agricultural products for any unforeseen surges that could impact domestic industry. Imports from Spain currently account for 9.5% of UK pigmeat imports on a country-of-origin basis. The EU-UK Trade a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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