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1700551

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of introducing Not for EU labelling on agricultural businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	21436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Since the Windsor Framework was agreed, we have engaged intensively with businesses across the supply chain, including with agricultural businesses to understand their perspectives. We have published guidance on the labelling requirements to support businesses to understand any changes that may be required.</p><p> </p><p>We have undertaken a public consultation on the extension of the labelling requirement across Great Britain. This provided the opportunity for stakeholders, including agricultural businesses, to put forward their views on the approach. We will be publishing a response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 22/04/2024 13:45:42 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1700553

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing Not for EU labelling on trends in consumer behaviour in the purchase of agricultural products from UK-based businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	21438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Labelling is a proportionate and necessary means of ensuring goods moving under the unique arrangements provided by the Windsor Framework are not being moved inappropriately into the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any change in consumer behaviour based on the labelling requirements in place so far, which already sees those labels on products on shelves across the UK in practice. That reflects that the ‘not-for-EU’ label does not represent a change in standards of production and quality and is simply a means of ensuring the smooth movement of goods within the UK.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 22/04/2024 13:26:57 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1693423

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Food: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve food labelling so that (a) consumers are effectively informed on which products have been produced (i) locally and (ii) in the UK and (b) local products are not undercut by external competition which is not produced to the same standard.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	16839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>Country of origin information is required for fresh and frozen meat derived from beef cattle, sheep, goat, pigs and poultry, as well as uncut fresh fruit and vegetables, honey, olive oil, wine and some fish products. It is also required for all prepacked food where its omission would be misleading to consumers. In any case, where an indication of origin or provenance is given, either in words or pictures, this must be accurate. Buying food locally and supporting their local food economy is important to many consumers and where any label indicates that a food is produced locally, this must not be misleading to a consumer.</p><p> </p><p>As recently announced by the Secretary of State, we will soon be launching a consultation on clearer food labelling. This will explore how we can better highlight imports that do not meet UK welfare standards. The consultation will also seek evidence and views on how origin information could be improved for consumers.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 08/03/2024 18:32:29 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1689246

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Stirling of 13 September 2023 on a shock collar ban.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	14172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member. A reply will be sent in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/02/2024 11:29:07 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1685455

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Food: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Border Target Operating Model on the cost of food for households in the next (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	11866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The BTOM minimises additional costs for importers by taking a risk-based approach to controls and will have a negligible impact on the cost of food. Fruit and vegetable imports have been classified as low-risk meaning they will not require any additional paperwork or checks. A limited number of meat and dairy products have been categorised as medium-risk. For these simplified and streamlined certification will be available to minimise additional costs.</p><p> </p><p>Now that we have moved away from the EU’s rigid biosecurity surveillance and reporting systems, we are responsible for mitigating our own biosecurity risks, which otherwise could devastate UK industries and our ability to export food, as well as posing risks to the environment, public health and the wider economy.</p><p>For example:</p><ul><li>An outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF), would be a fundamental threat to the viability of our pig industry.</li><li>Foot and Mouth cost the British businesses c.£12.8 billion (at 2022 prices) in 2001.</li><li>The cost of ash dieback is forecast to be £15 billion to the UK.</li><li>With an unprecedented outbreak of avian flu all effort should be made to mitigate the risk of concurrent outbreaks.</li></ul><p>The BTOM will strike the appropriate balance between protecting the UK’s public health, food supply chains and farming industries and natural environment, and setting a pragmatic, proportionate controls regime. For example, by taking a risk-based approach our controls will be focused on consignments proven to cause the most significant biosecurity risk.</p><p> </p><p>To further reduces costs, the Government will put in a Trusted Trader Scheme which aims to minimise burdens and costs to industry. The scheme will be accessible to as many sizes and types of businesses as possible, including small and medium enterprises <br> <br> Overall, the implementation of the BTOM should have minimal impact on food price inflation for consumers. Initial analysis has indicated that the policies introduced under the BTOM would lead to an approximate increase in consumer food price inflation of less than 0.2% over a 3-year period, with around half of this- around 0.1%- in the first year. Beyond year 3, all else being equal, we would not expect the TOM to have any further impacts on food price inflation.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/02/2024 12:01:50 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith