A question on #Plants #ImportControls tabled by Manuela Perteghella on 18-11-2024 has been answered by Daniel Zeichner.

Heading: Plants: Import Controls
Question ID: 1742350
UIN: 14723
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2024-11-18
Asking Member ID: 5122
Asking Member display name: Manuela Perteghella
Asking Member handle: mp4stratford
Asking Member Twitter reference: @mp4stratford
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) levels of risk and (b) rates of checks on plants at the UK border.
Is named day: true
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Date answered: 2024-11-29
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4382
Answering Member display name: Daniel Zeichner
Answering Member handle: danielzeichner
Answering Member Twitter reference: @danielzeichner
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Answer text: An enhanced risk-based approach is already undertaken at the UK border, where regulated plants and plant products have been categorised into high, medium, and low risk categories. The principle of risk-based controls, as previously applied under the EU re...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true