Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 69927
Dover Port Health Authority
Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Question
Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of designating Dover Port Health Authority as the lead authority for checking for illegal meat imports at th
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerDefra is working with the Home Office, Border Force and Dover Port Health Authority to ensure that operations around illegal meat imports are as efficient as possible. Border Force is the Government agency responsible for combatting all illegal imports.