Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80341
Animal Products: Import Controls
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Ben Goldsborough
Labour — South Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing levels of funding and (b) widening the responsibilities for the Border Force to include animal products origina
Answer
Dame Angela EagleBorder Force is funded by Home Office. Defra has committed £3.1 million for Dover Port Health Authority to work in partnership with Border Force in seizing meat smuggled via the Port of Dover in 2025/26, additional to over £9 million of funding provided t...
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