Member

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bew, for his contribution. He has a lot of knowledge around these issues, and I think his contributions always make you think about the bigger picture, how we are where we are and how difficult it is to unpick and move forward. I thank him for that. He asked specifically about business. I assure him and other noble Lords that as we have been bringing forward further legislation around the BTOM, I have had a number of round tables with businesses from all sides—retailers, producers and logistics—to get their feedback. We are now looking at how we can improve things from their perspective. Clearly, they are keen to have as few checks as possible while managing biosecurity at the same time.