Question follow-through · 110128
Chemicals: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Border Force's policy is on the interception of (a) sodium nitrate and (b) other toxic materials at the border.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Border Force's policy is on the interception of (a) sodium nitrate and (b) other toxic materials at the border.
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2026
Answer published
Border Force controls imports and exports of sodium nitrate and other toxic materials in line with legislation. Where appropriate, Border Force uses powers in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (CEMA), The Police and Crime Evidence Act 1984, The P...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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