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Plants: Imports

Commons · Question 4516 · Tabled 5 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 12 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the adequacy of EU export regulations for preventing the importation of diseased plants into the UK.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 12 Sep 2024

The Trade Specialised Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures, set up under the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, provides a platform for information sharing and discussion on each of the Parties’ import and export requirements. It is ...