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Octopuses: Import Controls

Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 4 December 2025UIN 92775

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to prevent the importation of factory farmed octopus food products.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

We have no current plans to prevent the import of farmed octopus products to the UK.

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