Beef

Mr. Hoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which countries refuse to import UK beef.

Barry Gardiner
We are currently able to export UK beef to EU member states and Barbados. My Department is working closely with the UK industry to identify priority non-EU export markets. DEFRA, with the support of Foreign and Commonwealth Office overseas posts, is negotiating the health conditions under which UK beef may be exported to these priority non-EU markets.