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date	07/05/2024
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	Agricultural Products: Morocco
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what impediments remain in the way their ambition to eliminate tariffs on fresh produce imported from Morocco.
tabling member printed	Lord Hannan of Kingsclere
uin	HL4401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and Department for Business and Trade (DBT) are working closely together to negotiate a balanced and equitable outcome for the Morocco Agriculture Tariff Review, which is a commitment both sides made under the UK-Morocco Association Agreement. We continue to work closely with the Moroccan government to further liberalise any remaining tariffs and maximise trade under the agreement. At the launch of the tariff review last year, we discussed a range of priority sectors, including fresh produce like fruits and vegetables which constitute around 35% of all goods imported from Morocco to the UK. Whilst we are keen to diversify the supply of imported Moroccan goods on UK shelves and seek opportunities to expand exports of British food and drink, we will ensure that this is not done at the expense of British farmers, their produce, and the seasonal nature of UK production more generally.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 14/05/2024 15:28:06 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
tabling member	4905 label Biography information for Lord Hannan of Kingsclere

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date	25/03/2021
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	Chemicals: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of applying the EU’s REACH Regulation (1907/2006); and what assessment they made, if any, of that cost compared to the risk-based regime that predated REACH.
tabling member printed	Lord Hannan of Kingsclere
uin	HL14636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2021 answer text <p>In 2006, Defra produced a Partial Impact Assessment ahead of the implementation of EU REACH [please see attached]. It forecasts the cost to UK industry of implementing EU REACH to be £404m. The costs associated with supporting HSE in its role as the UK competent authority under EU REACH since it came into force are estimated at around £15m. A comparative assessment of these costs and the regime that predated EU REACH, is not available.</p><p><br> In 2018, the European Commission published an evaluation of EU REACH. It found that costs to industry for the first two registration deadlines amounted to €2.3- 2.6 billion. Dossier evaluation costs were estimated at €200 million. Restriction costs were estimated at €170 million per year.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 12/04/2021 15:19:40 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park attachment 1 file name HL14636 Attachment.pdf title HL14636 Attachment
tabling member	4905 label Biography information for Lord Hannan of Kingsclere