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Environment Protection and Trade Agreements: Standards

Asked by Adam JogeeLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 64301

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department had with the Paymaster General regarding UK-EU trade and environmental standards prior to the UK-EU summit in London on 18 May 2025.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Ministerial colleagues have had and maintain regular discussions with the Cabinet Office and other relevant departments on UK-EU trade and environmental standards.

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