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Import Controls: Disease Control

Commons · Question 52890 · Tabled 16 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 27 May 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing inspectors to carry out sanitary and phytosanitary checks at border control points after 5pm.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 27 May 2025

Border Control Posts (BCPs) and Control Points already operate on a range of schedules. The inspection hours are determined by the competent authorities and are based on factors such as the volume of traffic, arrival times, and the resources available at ...