Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on signing the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement in circumstances where EU and UK food safety standards were undermined in that Treaty.

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is not about lowering standards. All parties involved in the negotiations – including President Obama and President Juncker – have made this clear. EU negotiators have specified that TTIP will not affect the way the EU legislates on food safety. The following link explains more: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/may/tradoc_152462.pdf