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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase exports of British food and drink products.

Increasing exports is a top priority for this Government. In October 2016, Defra and the Department for International Trade launched the joint Government and industry ‘UK Food and Drink International Action Plan 2016-2020’ at SIAL in Paris. This details how Government and industry will work in partnership to promote UK food and drink overseas, break down trade barriers and open up new international markets.