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 he has had with his counterparts in the devolved administrations on trade deals for the agriculture sector after the UK leaves the EU.

The Secretary of State is meeting regularly with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity, the Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, and the Permanent Secretary in the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, to discuss future agricultural policy and implications for trade.

The devolved administrations will have a direct interest in our future trade agreements, and we will continue to work closely with them to deliver an approach that works for the whole of the UK.