Linsey Farnsworth MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
UK Trade with EU: FlowersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his EU counterparts on streamlining the import process for flowers.
Answer: Plant health import requirements are kept under continuous review, through the UK Plant Health Risk Group. Following such a review, most imports of cut flowers into GB from the EU no longer require an accompanying phytosanitary certificate and notificatio...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlants: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure there is an adequate number of trained and skilled staff conducting checks on flowers and plants at UK border posts.
Answer: Checks at Border Control Posts are handled by trained staff working to standard operating procedures, ensuring inspections are undertaken safely and efficiently. APHA’s plant health import inspection process is accredited to the ISO 17020 Inspection Stand...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlants: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to end delays in border checks for flowers and plants imported from the EU.
Answer: The department does not recognise the assertation that there are routine delays. GB plant health services have significantly increased the number of plant health inspection staff to service the demand for import checks in England and Wales of EU plants an...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
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| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 3 |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 1 |
| Ministry of Justice | 1 |
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