Written questions

Plants: Northern Ireland

Commons · Question 95298 · Tabled 27 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 4 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Allister

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where in Northern Ireland can machinery be taken to secure full Phytosanitary checks and the requisite paperwork so it can then be sold into the Republic of Ireland.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 4 Dec 2025

Where used agricultural and forestry machinery moves from Great Britain to Northern Ireland and is to be sold into the Republic of Ireland or other EU countries in the future, full Official Controls Regulations apply, and a phytosanitary certificate is re...