| Heading: |
Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU |
| Question ID: |
1809079 |
| UIN: |
HL8036 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4879 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Frost
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| Asking Member handle: |
DavidGHFrost
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@DavidGHFrost
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether their proposed sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU will eliminate customs procedures for the export of SPS goods to the EU. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-12 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
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| Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
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| Answer text: |
As announced at the UK-EU Leaders Summit on May 19, 2025, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Zone. Routine SPS border checks will be eliminated, so fresh produce can hit supermarket shelves more quickly, with les... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |