Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Irish Environment Minister on the movement of food products after the UK leaves the EU.
We place huge value on maintaining the UK’s unique arrangements with Ireland and the friendly cooperative relationship we have built in recent years. We want the best deal for the food, fishery and farming sectors, including making sure we have a continuing range of high quality, affordable food products. Defra Ministers have met their counterparts in the Irish Government on a number of occasions to discuss the future EU-UK relationship.