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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the effect of leaving the EU without a deal on the cost of transporting animal products from the EU to the United Kingdom.

The Government is determined to get the best deal for the UK in our negotiations to leave the EU, and continues to work with industry to help manage the economic impacts on the livestock sector and other stakeholders in planning for a possible no deal scenario. Whilst it is very likely that third country rules will be applied to EU imports of products of animal origin, contingency options are being developed, and we will not be introducing any new border checks in the immediate aftermath of a no deal scenario. As a result, animal products can come into the UK at any port of entry as they do now to minimise disruption to trade. Only animal products from EU countries with disease outbreak safeguard measures will need to be notified to the UK before arrival.