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DFID-FCO Merger
Thursday 18th June 2020

(3 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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If the hon. Lady looks at the analysis of the US agreement, it shows that UK farming benefits. That is because people in the United States want to buy high-quality, high-welfare UK produce.

Robert Courts Portrait Robert Courts (Witney) (Con)
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Will the Secretary of State comment on how well placed the Food Standards Agency is to enforce our high import food standards?

Greg Hands Portrait Greg Hands
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My hon. Friend will know that the Food Standards Agency is extremely well placed on this issue. He will know that the chair, Heather Hancock, sent a letter to all parliamentarians, which I recommend all parliamentarians read and digest. There was also a letter from the Secretaries of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and for International Trade about the important work of this non-ministerial Government department. To be clear, decisions on standards will be made separately from trade negotiations.

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