Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 19192

Food: Imports

Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 17 December 2024

Question

Harriet Cross

ConservativeGordon and Buchan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's (a) biosecurity and (b) border control measures for imported goods.

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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