While the Government has argued that it has secured three safeguards to protect farmers it appears to us that only the general bilateral safeguard mechanism offers any real protection. The volumetric safeguards would only kick in if there were a truly massive increase in Australian red meat imports and, crucially, would only prevent the arrival of further imports rather than address any damage already caused by export permitted within the tariff rate quotas. We call on the Government to publish the tests it will use to decide whether and when the general bilateral safeguard mechanism in the UK-Australia FTA should be triggered. Ministers should also set out the policy interventions it would consider using to address any harm that was being caused to the agri-food and farming sectors.