Plants: UK Internal Trade
Commons · Question 11113 · Tabled 18 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timetable is for the remaining high-risk plant species that are not currently supplied to Northern Ireland from Great Britain to be cleared for supplying.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 23 Jun 2026
Since January 2021 any plants listed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 cannot be exported to the EU or moved to Northern Ireland without first undergoing a risk assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Defra has submitted risk assess...