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Written question asked by Lord Frost (Conservative) on Monday, 8 September 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 September 2025. It was answered by Lord Leong (Labour) on Thursday, 18 September 2025 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: UK Trade with EU

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 4 September (HL Deb col 909), at which Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) meetings the UK–EU sanitary and phytosanitary partnership has been discussed; which CPTPP members participated in those discussions; and whether any members raised concerns about the nature of the prospective partnership.

Answer

The EU-UK SPS Agreement was raised as a short item of ‘Any Other Business’ at the 7th meeting of the CPTPP Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures on July 3-4, 2025, which all CPTPP Parties attended.

The UK reaffirmed that we remain fully committed to our trade obligations under CPTPP and will not be rejoining the EU’s single market or customs union. The Committee noted the UK’s update and welcomed the UK’s offer to keep CPTPP members informed of developments.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL10290
Session
2024-26
Related items
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Thursday, 4 September 2025
Oral answers to questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Import controls UK trade with EU Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Link
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