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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 June 2025

Debate

Official Controls (Plant Health) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Contribution

Either we take advantage of our Brexit freedoms to protect ourselves from diseases coming from the continent or we do not. Which is it to be? The reset says that we do not: we do not have any controls; we do not have any protections from diseases coming from the continent, and the Government are pleased about that. I would be quite pleased about it, because I do not think they are much of a threat, and I would rather have free trade and just the occasional control if there is a specific threat, and then you control just that product—not across the board; not everything all at once.

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