Question follow-through · 109405

Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many lorries of perishable goods have been refused entry into Europe at the French border under the sanitary and phytosanitary arrangements in the last year.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
9 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many lorries of perishable goods have been refused entry into Europe at the French border under the sanitary and phytosanitary arrangements in the last year.

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Data on UK consignments refused entry at French Border Control Posts is generated and owned by the competent authorities in France, who are responsible for any publication or wider disclosure. We recognise that some GB exporters have seen an increase in r...

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