Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 41469

Horticulture: Import Controls

Tabled: 26 March 2025
Answered: 2 April 2025

Question

John Lamont

ConservativeBerwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of import controls on horticulture businesses; and whether he plans to consider this impact in the context of proposals

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Defra’s approach has been to design a modern border with a simplified but effective system of biosecurity controls to contribute to economic growth, minimising friction at the border, administrative burden to traders, and additional costs to consumers whi...

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