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Deferred
Publish plans for parliamentary scrutiny of dynamic alignment and Parliament's future role.
Recommendation
We believe that our remit and responsibilities make this Committee the most appropriate body for scrutiny of SPS policy. We are therefore disappointed that the Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations refused to appear before us. We echo the House of Lords recommendation that: “The Government should set out how it envisages that a scrutiny system for dynamic alignment would work and how it plans to ensure that Parliament can play a full scrutiny role in this new area of activity.” (Conclusion, Paragraph 101)
Government Response Summary
The government will bring forward primary legislation to allow Defra to implement the SPS Agreement, dependent on the progress of negotiations and will set out more specific details as they progress.
Government Response
Deferred
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
The Minister for the Cabinet Office intends to bring forward primary legislation which will allow Defra to implement the SPS Agreement. The detail of this legislation, and its timing, is dependent on the progress of the underlying negotiations. The government will set out more specific details as they progress. A list of EU legislation we view will be in scope of the SPS Agreement was published on 9 March. For future legislation, we have been clear that the UK will have a role in shaping new rules and Parliament will rightly have a say in this process. Defra will continue to engage with parliamentarians with an interest in SPS matters and affected stakeholders, including the EFRA committee.
Source
Inquiry
Animal and plant health
Report
5th Report - UK-EU agritrade: making an SPS agreement work
05 Feb 2026
HC 1661
Timeline
Recommendation age
0.3 yrs
Report published
05 Feb 2026