Agriculture: Trade

(asked on 23rd November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK will retain access to the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) after the UK has withdrawn from the EU, whether his Department has carried out any analysis of the potential effect of losing access to TRACES on future trade in animal and plant materials; and what the planned timetable is for creating an alternative domestic system to manage such trade.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 1st December 2017

The Government is negotiating our exit from the European Union. Defra is working with the Department for Exiting the European Union to look at our future arrangements and has an extensive programme of work focused on preparing for a range of scenarios to make sure we are ready for the point when the UK leaves the EU. This includes the UK’s systems for the management of trade in animal and plant materials.

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