Committees

Australia FTA: Food and Agriculture

Inquiry

The Government published the text of its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Australia on 16 December 2021. The followed the publication of the agreement in principle in June 2021. 

The UK-Australia FTA is the first new trade deal negotiated “from scratch”/ that the UK Government will have signed since leaving the EU.  The Government has said that it will “boost the economy by £2.3 billion and add £900 million to household wages in the long-run” and has described it as a “gateway” to the UK joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). 

The EFRA Committee’s inquiry will examine the impact that this agreement will have on farmers, as well as food and drink producers and retailers, whether the deal aligns with the UK’s commitment to high animal welfare and environmental practices, and its implication for future trade deals.  

Link to the call for evidence

The International Trade Committee is holding an inquiry into the entirety of the UK-Australia FTA - find more information about their inquiry here.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:59pm on 21 January 2022.

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Past events

Tuesday 14 June 2022
2:00pm Private
Private meeting 14 June 2022
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 11 May 2022
2:15pm Private
2:30pm Public
Australia FTA: Food and Agriculture - Oral evidence 11 May 2022
2:30pm
  • Victoria Prentis (Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Chris Heaton (Deputy Director, International Trade Policy at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt (Minister for Trade Policy at Department for International Trade)
  • James Clarke (Deputy Chief Negotiator at Department for International Trade)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 11 May 2022
9:30am Private
9:45am Public
Australia FTA: Food and Agriculture - Oral evidence 11 May 2022
9:45am
  • Professor Lorand Bartels (Chair at Trade and Agriculture Commission)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 29 March 2022
1:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Australia FTA: Food and Agriculture - Oral evidence 29 March 2022
2:30pm
  • His Excellency the Honourable George Brandis QC (High Commissioner at Australian High Commission)
  • Kieran Macdonell (Counsellor (Agriculture) at Australian High Commission)
  • His Excellency The Hon Bede Corry (New Zealand High Commissioner to the United Kingdom at New Zealand High Commission)
  • Dr Chris Kebbell (Primary Industries Counsellor at New Zealand High Commission)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.

  • Email: efracom@parliament.uk
  • Address: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA