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
Labour — Warrington 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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