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date	02/03/2020
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	Foie Gras: Imports
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 plans his Department has to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the import of foie gras into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	23530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>While allowed under EU law, the Government has made clear that the production of foie gras from ducks or geese using force feeding raises serious welfare concerns. The production of foie gras by force feeding is banned in the UK as it is incompatible with our domestic legislation.</p><p> </p><p>After the transition period, there will be an opportunity to consider whether the UK can adopt a different approach to foie gras imports and sales in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/03/2020 11:57:58 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

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registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	Foie Gras: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to ban foie gras imports after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	212612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>We have some of the highest standards of animal welfare and the production of foie gras by force feeding is banned in the UK as it is incompatible with our domestic legislation. Once we leave the European Union, there will be an opportunity to consider whether the UK can adopt a different approach to foie gras imports and sales in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 31/01/2019 14:03:57 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith