Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Ministers and (b) officials of the Department for International Trade on the potential effect of future trade deals on (i) food, (ii) environmental and (iii) animal welfare standards.
Ministers and officials meet their counterparts in the Department for International Trade on a regular basis to discuss a range of issues in trade policy. The Government is proud of our high standards and we will remain global leaders in environmental protection and animal welfare standards, maintaining our high quality produce for British consumers.