5th Report - UK-EU agritrade: making an SPS agreement work

Select Committee
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee HC 1661 5 February 2026
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 43 items (25 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 43 of 43 classified)
Accepted 14
Accepted in Part 10
Acknowledged 14
Deferred 1
Rejected 4
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Recommendations

1 results
40 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 … Read more
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.
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