§ Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what studies she has received of(a) policy on and (b) the cost of meat import controls from areas of high disease risk in (i) other EU member states and (ii) other countries. [136219]
§ Mr. BradshawWe received the Cabinet Office report which included information on other EU member states. A summary of which can be found in section four of the Cabinet Office Review The Organisation of the Government's Controls of Imports of Animals, Fish, Plants and their Products' on the Cabinet Office website. We have received no further studies since then.
The issue of controls on personal imports continues to be discussed regularly in meetings of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health in Brussels.
§ Mr. WeirTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact of the proposed reform of the Common Agricultural Policy on the importation of meat to the UK from South America. [133227]
§ Mr. BradshawThe reform of the Common Agricultural Policy agreed in Luxembourg in June does not affect tariffs and duties on imports of meat from third countries.