Question follow-through · 26756
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessments his Department has made of the (a) functionality and (b) operational effectiveness of the Border Target Operating Model.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 27 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
27 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessments his Department has made of the (a) functionality and (b) operational effectiveness of the Border Target Operating Model.
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jan 2025
Answer published
Defra continues to monitor and review the impact of the Border Target Operating Model. We are working closely with industry, trade partners and enforcement agencies to minimise disruption and costs to trade, while continuing to protect our biosecurity. Th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Environment Protection: Crime
13 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of people who commit environmental crimes.
Stray Dogs
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of and (b) effectiveness of the response from local authorities in tackling stra
Pets: Tagging
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press notice entitled More lost pets to return home as microchipping system reformed, published on 29 March 2024, what progress her Department has made on introdu
Stray Dogs
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2025 to Question 80723 on Stray Dogs, with which stakeholders her Department has met.
Farming Profitability Review
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commit to publishing Minette Batters’ farming profitability review in full.
Farming Profitability Review
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to publish its response to the Farming Profitability Review.
Farming Profitability Review
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will accept the recommendations from the Farming Profitability Review in full.
Meat: Smuggling
19 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether mandatory testing of seized illegal meat imports includes testing for infectious agents such as foot-and-mouth disease, African swine fever, and antimicrobial resistance genes.
Rivers: Environment Protection
21 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on adding chalk streams to the list of irreplaceable habitats in the National Pla
Noise
15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to implement the recommendations of the 2023 House of Lords report on noise.
Noise
15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to address noise pollution, reduce noise poverty and the harm to physical and mental health.
Dogs: Animal Breeding
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Animal Welfare Strategy consultation on dog breeding will include (a) brachycephalic dogs and (b) extreme conformities.