Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 69921

Meat: Port of Dover

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of vehicles checked for illegally imported meat entering through the Port of Dover.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
We are working with the Home Office and Border Force to ensure that operations around illegal meat imports are as efficient as possible and have invested significantly in additional operational capacity at the port of Dover (£3.1 million planned this fina...

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