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Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

Asked by Dr Al PinkertonLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 13 November 2025UIN 84411

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on negotiations for a Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement with the EU.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

On 19 May 2025, at the UK-EU Leaders' Summit, the UK and EU announced that we have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Area.

We’re expecting to start negotiations later in the autumn, once the EU has confirmed its negotiating mandate.

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