Question follow-through · 95298
Plants: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where in Northern Ireland can machinery be taken to secure full Phytosanitary checks and the requisite paperwork so it can then be sold into the Republic of Ireland.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Import Controls: Northern Ireland · 3 Mar 2026
- Animal Housing · 4 Mar 2026
- EU Law: Northern Ireland · 1 Jul 2026
- Import Controls: Northern Ireland · 10 Jul 2026
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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 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where in Northern Ireland can machinery be taken to secure full Phytosanitary checks and the requisite paperwork so it can then be sold into the Republic of Ireland.
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2025
Answer published
Where used agricultural and forestry machinery moves from Great Britain to Northern Ireland and is to be sold into the Republic of Ireland or other EU countries in the future, full Official Controls Regulations apply, and a phytosanitary certificate is re...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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