Josh Newbury

Josh Newbury

Labour — Cannock Chase

Speaking in the House of Commons on 11 September 2025

Debate

Biosecurity at the Border: Britain’s Illegal Meat Crisis

Contribution

On the Committee’s visit to the Port of Dover, we heard that many seizures of illegal meat include scales and tills—clear indications that the meat would be sold commercially. Most worryingly, as the right hon. Gentleman said, some of those imports are headed straight for farms, so the potential for a devastating outbreak of foot and mouth disease, African swine fever or many other diseases is huge. Does he agree that, regardless of any potential SPS agreement with the EU, we certainly cannot afford to scale back checks if we are serious about protecting British farming?

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