United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 56471
Foie Gras: Import Controls
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2 June 2025
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10 June 2025 · Answer
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10 June 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the proposed UK-EU common veterinary agreement would allow the UK to ban the importation of foie gras produced by force-feeding.
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2 June 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the proposed UK-EU common veterinary agreement would allow the UK to ban the importation of foie gras produced by force-feeding.
Source: Commons
10 June 2025
Answer
The details of the Agreement are subject to negotiation, but the Government has been clear with the EU about the importance of being able to set high animal welfare standards.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-02/56471
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1808102
- uk · wq-1808102 · source updated 10 June 2025