Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36145
Meat: Smuggling
Tabled: 6 March 2025
Answered: 25 April 2025
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase (a) funding and (b) other resources for enforcement agencies for the (i) detection and (ii) prevention of illegal meat imports at ports.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerBorder Force is responsible for securing our borders and officers have powers to stop and search vehicles and passengers at ports and airports. Border Force may call on Port Health Authorities for assistance in seizing any illegal meat detected. Border Fo...
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