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1137058

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	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Eggs: Import Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will reassess the potential merits of adding imports of eggs and egg products to the tariffs list.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	273319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>It remains the Government’s priority to leave the EU with an agreement. If the UK leaves the EU with an agreement, the UK will enter the implementation period during which eggs and eggs products from the EU will be still subject to tariff-free access.</p><p> </p><p>If the UK leaves the EU without an agreement, the UK would implement a temporary tariff regime, which was announced on March 13<sup>th</sup> 2019. The temporary tariff is a balanced tariff policy which aims to minimise costs to business and mitigate price impacts on consumers, while also supporting UK producers as far as possible.</p><p><br> Government will continue to listen to stakeholder feedback regarding the temporary tariff, and have committed to holding a public consultation on the UK’s permanent MFN tariff policy. We welcome feedback from the egg sector to help us shape the permanent MFN policy.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 10/07/2019 11:47:36 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1137735

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Eggs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) animal welfare and (b) environmental standards in egg production are maintained after the UK leave the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	275100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government shares the British public’s high regard for the environment and for animal welfare, and our current high environmental and welfare standards in egg production will continue to apply when we leave the EU. High standards and high quality are what our domestic and global customers demand, and that is what we will provide.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 12/07/2019 15:45:24 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew