Plants: Disease Control
Commons · Question 24628 · Tabled 17 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
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.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 10 Feb 2025
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...