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Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

Asked by Ms Stella CreasyLabour (Co-op)Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 1 December 2025UIN 91945

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants in her Department have been assigned to preparations for a EU-UK agreement on a common sanitary and phytosanitary area.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Negotiating and delivering an SPS Agreement with the EU is a whole of Government effort. It is a big priority for the department. We are working very closely with the Cabinet Office. Defra’s trade staff work flexibly across trade deals according to demand.

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