Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has made of the potential merits of bringing forward the upcoming announcement on Tariff-Rate Quotas of Chinese Garlic; and if she will make a statement.

The Government launched a consultation on 21 October 2022 on options for tariff quota administration for garlic imported from China. The consultation has now closed and the Government aims to communicate a decision on the future administration of the tariff rate quota for garlic imported from China by the end of the week commencing 27 February 2023.