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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Foreign Secretary’s appearance before the Sub-Committee of the House of Lords European Affairs Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland on 16 May 2023, if she will set out the legal basis for the planned all-UK not for EU labelling regime.

The legal basis for the “Not for EU” label requirements in Great Britain, confirmed in the Command Paper, will be set out in due course, following consultation with the Scottish and Welsh governments. This requirement will not come into force until October 2024.