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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential displacement of up to 83,000 tonnes of Brazilian beef previously destined for the European Union into Great Britain; and what modeling Defra has conducted on the resulting price depression for Scottish finished cattle and store stock.

Based on current evidence, Defra does not consider it likely there will be a significant increase in imports into Great Britain following the EU’s recent ban of certain products of animal origin from Brazil. The UK Agricultural market Monitoring Group provides a forum for discussion of market impacts across the UK and will continue to monitor developments closely.