Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 62515

Plants: Import Controls

Tabled: 24 June 2025
Answered: 27 June 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing the plant health inspection regime.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Plant Health inspection uses a risk-based approach to understand global plant health threats and the Department carries out horizon scanning for new and emerging risks to the UK. The Department undertakes systematic, proactive screening of new and emergin...
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