Question follow-through · 26813
Foie Gras: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's timetable is on making a decision on whether to introduce a ban on the importation of foie gras.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's timetable is on making a decision on whether to introduce a ban on the importation of foie gras.
4 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2026
Answer published
This Government shares the British public's high regard for animal welfare and is committed to delivering the most ambitious animal welfare programme in a generation, as set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy. It has made clear that the production of foie...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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