Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he took to promote British lamb exports at the Northern Powerhouse Trade Mission to Gulfood 2017.

The Northern Powerhouse Trade Mission to Gulfood was to support food and drink businesses. The trade mission was open to businesses in the north to join so they can promote their products to an international audience. The Department for International Trade’s role is to help companies to export. My hon Friend the Minister of State for Farming, Food and the Marine Environment (George Eustice) visited Gulfood to promote British food and drink exports, in particular British lamb for which we have recently secured market access with Kuwait.