Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 1122

Potatoes: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 22 July 2024

Answered: 30 July 2024

Question

Jim Allister

Traditional Unionist Voice — North Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Windsor Framework on (a) ware potato production in Northern Ireland and (b) the import of seed potatoes from Britain to Nor

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The Windsor Framework has lifted the ban on the movement of seed potatoes which can now move under the Northern Ireland Plant Health Label scheme, provided the movement is between a registered professional operator in Great Britain and a professional oper...

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