Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department will take to ensure that (a) Australian beef (i) from feedlots, (ii) injected with hormones and (iii) transported for over 24 hours will not enter the UK market as part of a UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement and (b) Australian beef imports do not undermine the UK's animal welfare standards given that those practices are illegal in the UK.

All agri-food products imported into the UK under existing or future free trade agreements (FTA) will, as now, have to comply with UK’s import requirements. Hormone-treated beef is banned in the UK and will not be allowed to enter the UK market, and this will not change under any FTA.

As the Government has stated in its manifesto, in its trade negotiations the Government will not compromise on high environmental protection, animal welfare and food standards.