Import Controls: EU Countries
(asked on 3rd September 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the timetable for the conclusion of negotiations and the signing of a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU; and when they plan to bring forward legislation to implement the agreement.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 11th September 2025
We are expecting to start negotiations in the autumn, once the EU has confirmed their mandate. We are aiming to conclude negotiations and have legislative arrangements in place no later than 2027, subject to discussion with the EU.