Question follow-through · 87111
Food: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of auto-clearance of goods on the enforcement of biosecurity controls.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 31 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2025 · 32 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of auto-clearance of goods on the enforcement of biosecurity controls.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2025
Answer published
Border checks undertaken by competent authorities are an important element of the system designed to manage biosecurity risks. The SPS controls at the border on EU goods implemented under the Border Target Operating Model provide assurance that the underl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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