Asked by: Grant Shapps (Conservative - Welwyn Hatfield)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will enter negotiations with her US counterpart to have the ban on British haggis imports to that country lifted once the UK has left the EU.
Answered by George Eustice
We are working with the US authorities to ensure the restrictions on British lamb are lifted as soon as possible. The US has a longstanding ban on the use of animal lungs as food, but the Scottish haggis industry is working on a US-specific recipe to allow the industry access to the US market at the earliest opportunity.
Asked by: Grant Shapps (Conservative - Welwyn Hatfield)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to relax rules on the use of animal growth hormones in beef farming once the UK has left the EU.
Answered by George Eustice
There are no plans to relax rules on the use of hormones for the purposes of growth promotion, following the UK’s exit from the EU.
Asked by: Grant Shapps (Conservative - Welwyn Hatfield)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to review regulations on food and drink packaging after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Baroness Coffey
The Government is developing its 25 Year Environment Plan, part of which will consider our regulations for resources, waste and recycling.
Asked by: Grant Shapps (Conservative - Welwyn Hatfield)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to change its policy on the use of genetically modified organisms in farming after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by George Eustice
As part of the preparations for EU exit, the Government is considering possible future arrangements for the regulation of genetically modified organisms. The Government’s general view remains that policy and regulation in this area should be science-based and proportionate.