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(asked on 24th June 2021) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the UK-Australia trade deal on the demand for pork products dependent on the use of sow stalls.


Answered by
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 29th June 2021

The UK-Australia trade deal is the first we have negotiated from scratch since leaving the EU. Our goal is a long-term sustainable future for British farming, based on high standards, competitiveness and productivity, which meets the growing demand for our world-class produce.

The Australian Pork Industry has announced it would “commit to pursuing the voluntary phasing out of the use of sow stalls”. The UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement will contain a commitment to an Animal Welfare Working Group to provide a forum for ongoing cooperation and initiatives in areas of mutual interest, to review animal welfare developments and to promote high animal welfare practices.

The UK tariff treatment for pork products from Australia is not yet determined.

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