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
Labour — Amber 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 ZeichnerThe 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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