Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has for recognising protected food names in future trade agreements after the UK leaves the EU.

The Government’s objective in any trade negotiations will be to support the best possible outcome for the UK economy as a whole.

The EU withdrawal bill will transfer into domestic law the EU schemes that currently protect our Geographic Indications (GIs).

Future protection for current UK GIs in EU Member States, and for GIs in the UK, is subject to negotiations with the EU.

Some of the GI designations that the UK has, for instance protecting Scotch whisky in the US, are governed by agreements outside the EU Protected Food Name Scheme.