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House of Commons · Ministers' Questions

Food and Drink Exporters

Thursday 9 December 2021 · 3 questions

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Answered 1 Partly answered 2 Not answered 0

Key points

  • The House welcomes the reopening of the US market to UK lamb.
  • An export council is being established, and a network of agrifood attachs is expanding to support exports.
  • The Minister would be delighted to meet the hon. Friend to discuss significant opportunities for British agriculture in markets like the US, Japan, India, and the Middle East.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Martin Vickers Con Brigg and Immingham
Business & Trade
Context

The UK lamb market is reopening in the US after two decades of restrictions.

Question

What steps he is taking to help agrifood businesses export their goods. The market for UK lamb is opening up in the US, but more support is needed for other agrifood exports.

Answer from Victoria Prentis

The House welcomes the reopening of the US market to UK lamb. An export council is being established, and a network of agrifood attachés is expanding to support exports.

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Not addressed: Specific steps for improving rules of origin not addressed

How: We Regularly Meet Our Colleagues In The Eu To Discuss Issues Raised By Our Exporters, And We Work Collaboratively To Resolve Them Where We Can.

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Q2 Mark Eastwood
Business & Trade Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Context

New Zealand exports £4.8 billion-worth of meat annually, including £1.8 billion to the Muslim world through a national scheme.

Question

Will the Minister agree to meet me and the Minister for Exports, my hon. Friend the Member for Finchley and Golders Green (Mike Freer), to discuss setting up a similar UK-wide scheme that could potentially open up millions of pounds' worth of exports for our farming industry?

Answer from Victoria Prentis

The Minister would be delighted to meet the hon. Friend, as they have in the past. He works closely with Ministers in DIT and sees significant opportunities for British agriculture in markets like US, Japan, India, and the middle east.

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Q3 Martin Vickers Con Brigg and Immingham
Business & Trade
Context

Exporting agrifood is straightforward if wholly produced in the UK, but complicated rules apply when part is imported from the EU or elsewhere.

Question

Where part of it is imported from the EU or elsewhere, there are complicated rules of origin. What is the Minister doing to improve the situation so that exporting becomes much easier?

Answer from Victoria Prentis

The rules of origin are indeed complicated, and we regularly meet our EU colleagues to discuss issues raised by exporters. We work collaboratively to resolve them where possible, and a new export support service helps businesses navigate the requirements.

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Not addressed: Specific measures to simplify rules of origin not provided

How: We Regularly Meet Our Colleagues In The Eu To Discuss Issues Raised By Our Exporters, And We Work Collaboratively To Resolve Them Where We Can.

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