Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 23356

Plants: Import Controls

Tabled: 23 April 2024
Answered: 1 May 2024

Question

Charlotte Nichols

LabourWarrington North

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of continuing Place of Destination checks for plants at Border Control Posts until January 2025.

Answer

The Place of Destination scheme will not be carried forward beyond 30 April 2024. It was only ever intended to be a temporary solution, and moving controls to BCPs and Control Points is vital to achieving the biosecurity aims of the BTOM, by increasing th...

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