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Plants: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the operational impact of the Border Target Operating Model on plant imports in Surrey Heath constituency.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
26 Jun 2025
Answer
7 Jul 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the operational impact of the Border Target Operating Model on plant imports in Surrey Heath constituency.

  2. 26 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The general impact of the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) to the cut flower trade is likely to be minimal since only a limited group of EU cut flowers (such as chrysanthemum and carnations and orchids), are medium risk goods. All other EU cut flowers...

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