Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 25075

Flowers: Import Controls

Tabled: 20 January 2025
Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Michelle Welsh

LabourSherwood Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of border checks on the cut flower industry.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Government is committed to protecting our biosecurity and we are using a risk-based approach to maintain the appropriate level of controls. Defra will continue to monitor for new and emerging risks and review the border control checks introduced under...

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