Question follow-through · 4516
Plants: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the adequacy of EU export regulations for preventing the importation of diseased plants into the UK.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 12 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the adequacy of EU export regulations for preventing the importation of diseased plants into the UK.
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Trade Specialised Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures, set up under the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, provides a platform for information sharing and discussion on each of the Parties’ import and export requirements. It is ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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