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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect farmers from competition from countries with lower (a) farming and (b) food production standards.

The Government has set out its long-term vision to make farming more profitable and put more money back in the pockets of British farmers. We will work in partnership with the food and farming sectors to achieve our vision of a sector with food production at its core, where farm businesses can diversify their income to make a fair profit and remain viable in challenging times.

All agri-food products must comply with our sanitary and phytosanitary standards and wider import requirements in order to be placed on the UK market.

Our Trade Strategy will set out how we can achieve long-term sustainable, inclusive, and resilient growth through trade. It will reflect the Government’s commitment to uphold our high environmental protection, animal welfare and food safety standards, areas in which the UK is a world leader.