Oral QuestionDepartment for Business and Trade

“What recent assessment she has made of the principal barriers to trade for importers.”

Tabled: 18 January 2024Answered: 25 January 2024

Asked by

Daniel Zeichner

Labour — Cambridge

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs (Daniel Zeichner)

An independent expert panel reviewed the 2021 crustacean die-off event and published its findings last year. It could not identify a clear single cause for the crustacean mortality. The Government are keeping the situation under review and a coastal health programme was recently established to improve coastal monitoring.