VerbatimParliament, as it happens

Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

Asked by Callum AndersonLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 13 November 2025UIN 80213

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she plans to assess progress towards establishing the proposed UK–EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary zone under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

This autumn we expect to start the detailed negotiations on the SPS agreement, as well as the other commitments from our summit in May

Defra has established a programme to deliver the work required to implement a UK-EU SPS agreement. This is already part of the Government Major Projects Portfolio, with regular progress reporting into the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority.

Verbatim has judged this answer against the question that was actually asked — answered, partly answered, or evaded. Sign in to see the verdict →

Open this question in Verbatim →

Every written question, searchable

155,000 questions tabled since the election, with the answer each department gave — and the ones still unanswered, with the clock running. Free to search.

Search written questions →Read on Verbatim