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Select committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Third Special Report - Australia FTA: Food and Agriculture: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report

Published 12 October 2022

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At a glance

The government's response

This document responds to First report - Australia FTA: Food and Agriculture.

This is the government's response, published 12 October 2022.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government welcomes the Committee's report and responds to each recommendation, largely setting out existing measures in the UK-Australia FTA and committing to seek similar environmental provisions in future FTAs.

  • On the bilateral safeguard, it says the technical processes are "currently under review by Government" and that it "will continue to keep Parliament updated on the outcome of the review".
  • On future FTAs, it says it "will further seek similar commitments and provisions" on the environment, and will seek applicability across all levels of government.
  • On impact assessments, it "accepts the recommendations" of the Trade Modelling Review Expert Panel and "intends to implement them fully", but expects changes to be "incremental".
  • On import controls, it says the new Target Operating Model "will be published in the Autumn" and the new controls regime "will come into force at the end of 2023".

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