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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to restrict imports of Brazilian beef and encourage greater use of British-produced beef, particularly in public sector procurement.

This Government is committed to upholding high sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) import standards to protect animal and public health, our farming sector and consumers. Brazilian beef and other products of animal origin authorised for import into Great Britain must continue to meet our strict animal health and food safety standards.

In 2025, the Government published a new national procurement policy statement which sets expectations for government contracts to favour products certified to high environmental standards that British producers are well-placed to meet.