Question follow-through · 74004
Coral: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department provides on whether live coral should be moved between Great Britain and Northern Ireland through the Green or Red Lane.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 19 Sept 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department provides on whether live coral should be moved between Great Britain and Northern Ireland through the Green or Red Lane.
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Sept 2025
Answer published
Live coral is not eligible for movement under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (the “Green Lane”), as the scheme applies only to retail goods intended for final consumption in Northern Ireland. Movements of live animals and live aquatic inverte...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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