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5th Report - UK-EU agritrade: making an SPS agreement work
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
HC 1661
Published 5 February 2026
Recommendations
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Deferred
Publish plans for parliamentary scrutiny of dynamic alignment and Parliament's future role.
Recommendation
We believe that our remit and responsibilities make this Committee the most appropriate body for scrutiny of SPS policy. We are therefore disappointed that the Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations refused to appear before us. We echo …
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Government Response Summary
The government will bring forward primary legislation to allow Defra to implement the SPS Agreement, dependent on the progress of negotiations and will set out more specific details as they progress.