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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2016 to Question 40357, what progress has been made on the implementation of the protocol allowing pig trotters to be exported from the UK to China.

The importance of reaching agreement for the export of UK pigs’ trotters to China continues to be raised at the highest levels, most recently by the Secretary of State during her meeting with the Chinese Minister in Beijing last month. The Minister committed to prioritising the UK application and the UK Agriculture, Food and Drink Counsellor, based in Beijing, has continued to press the Chinese authorities for completion of the UK application to allow exports of UK pigs’ trotters to commence as soon as possible.