A question on #Plants #DiseaseControl tabled by Mark Pritchard on 17-01-2025 has been answered by Daniel Zeichner.

Heading: Plants: Disease Control
Question ID: 1756525
UIN: 24628
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-17
Asking Member ID: 1576
Asking Member display name: Mark Pritchard
Asking Member handle: MPritchardMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @MPritchardMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase biosecurity against alien species located on imported (a) cut flowers and (b) ornamental plants.
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Date answered: 2025-02-10
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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: The Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) introduced a new risk-based approach to border controls. Goods have been categorised into the risk groups ‘High, medium and low’ and controls have been appropriately weighted against the risk. Certain EU medium-ris...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true