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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's timeline is for banning the import of foie gras and fur into the UK.

This Government is committed to delivering the most ambitious animal welfare programme in a generation as set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy. The UK does not permit fur farming or the production of foie gras using force feeding, which the Government has made clear raises serious animal welfare concerns.

Defra is bringing together a working group on fur, with involvement from both industry experts and those who support restrictions on the trade in fur, to explore concerns and the different ways in which they could be addressed.