Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 33663

Plants: Import Controls

Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 6 March 2025

Question

Linsey Farnsworth

LabourAmber Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to end delays in border checks for flowers and plants imported from the EU.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The department does not recognise the assertation that there are routine delays. GB plant health services have significantly increased the number of plant health inspection staff to service the demand for import checks in England and Wales of EU plants an...

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