Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 24628
Plants: Disease Control
Tabled: 17 January 2025
Answered: 10 February 2025
Question
Mark Pritchard
Conservative — The Wrekin
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase biosecurity against alien species located on imported (a) cut flowers and (b) ornamental plants.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) introduced a new risk-based approach to border controls. Goods have been categorised into the risk groups ‘High, medium and low’ and controls have been appropriately weighted against the risk. Certain EU medium-ris...
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