WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 12669

Animal Products: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the new Border Target Operating Model (a) generally and (b) at tackling the illegal import of products of animal origin.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
11 Nov 2024
Answer
11 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Environment and energy

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the new Border Target Operating Model (a) generally and (b) at tackling the illegal import of products of animal origin.

  2. 11 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Defra continues to monitor and review the impact of the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM), including the Border Control Post at Sevington. We are working closely with industry, trade partners and enforcement agencies to minimise disruption and costs to...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Agriculture: Government Assistance

28 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with the (a) Country Land and Business Association, (b) National Farmer's Union, (c) Tenant Farmers Association and (d) other industry bodies to help support wo

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Farmers: Government Assistance

12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support farmers following the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Farmers: Government Assistance

12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support farmers following the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive to new applicants.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Floods: Insurance

2 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Independent review of flood insurance in Doncaster led by Amanda Blanc, published on 14 April 2020, if he will publish the raw data of the BMG quantitative survey

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Floods: Insurance

2 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's Review of affordability and availability of flood insurance to help evaluate the effectiveness of FloodRe, published in October 2022, if he will publ

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Flood Control

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce inland flooding.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Rivers: Flood Control

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the risk of river bank failure in cases of heavy rainfall.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Flood Control: Finance

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to councils in England to carry out recommendations of flood investigation reports under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Flood Control: Finance

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department will allocate to councils in England to carry out recommendations of flood investigation reports under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Land

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support landowners with riparian rights.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Flood Control: Licensing

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for Flood Risk Activity Permits were made in 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Flood Control: Licensing

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Flood Risk Activity Permits were issued in 2024.