Ben Lake MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Export Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for implementing dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement; and what assessment has been made of whether current certification capacity can be sustained thro
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordExport Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to UK exporters of disruption to certification capacity during the period before dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement takes e
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicine: Export Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has in place should Official Veterinarian capacity decline before certification requirements arising from current export arrangements are removed.
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicine: Export Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of Official Veterinarians currently undertaking export certification on a full-time basis.
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicine: Export Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Official Veterinarians needed to maintain current export certification volumes through to the point at which dynamic alignment wi
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPeatlands: FiresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what fire intensity multiplier her Department uses when assessing the impact that higher fuel loads of vegetation will have on the ferocity of wildfires.
Answer: MHCLG is the lead department for wildfire. Defra works closely with them on wildfire preparedness and incident response. In England and Wales, the Met Office’s Fire Severity Index is used to evaluate how severe a wildfire could become if one were to ignit...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSeeds: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2026 to Question 2218 Seeds: Imports, what measures is the government taking to safeguard domestic agriculture and horticulture from the risk of bacter
Answer: Seeds purchased online from a non-UK seller are usually imported into the UK through large courier companies. They arrive and are sorted at the following airports and hubs: East Midlands, Heathrow, Stanstead, Coventry Hub. At all these sites there is a sc...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
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