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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations his Department has received on the importance of maintaining veterinary equivalence between the UK and the EU on the import and export of meat and poultry protects after the UK leaves the EU.

My Department has received a range of representations on the future sanitary rules for trade with the EU in meat and poultry products. Some of these representations have recognised the benefits of the UK having some form of veterinary equivalence with the EU. The Government is working to achieve the freest possible trade between the UK and the EU as part of our future relationship, and we will continue to work closely with stakeholders as part of this.