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You could not make it up: the reason the noble Lord, Lord Trees, is not in the Chamber today, having signed my amendment, is that he is at Dover with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on UK Food Security checking on protocols and facilities with reference to biosecurity and illegal imports. This is happening in real time: we are debating it, and they are doing it. A team of parliamentarians is currently in Dover looking at these serious issues. The noble Lord, Lord Trees, is not here because he is getting his hands dirty in Dover.