Question follow-through · 84910
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 51109 on UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland, how many species are scheduled to have their prohibition lifted by 31 December 2025.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 51109 on UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland, how many species are scheduled to have their prohibition lifted by 31 December 2025.
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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4 Nov 2025
Answer published
Defra has submitted technical dossiers to the European Commission seeking derogations for 45 species of plants from the EU's prohibitions on entry for high-risk plants. 35 of these have been successful to date, subject to specific conditions being met. Th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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