Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 1 May 2024.
Charlotte Nichols
Labour, Warrington North
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of continuing Place of Destination checks for plants at Border Control Posts until January 2025.
Mark Spencer
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Place of Destination scheme will not be carried forward beyond 30 April 2024. It was only ever intended to be a temporary solution, and moving controls to BCPs and Control Points is vital to achieving the biosecurity aims of the BTOM, by increasing the percentage of consignments we are able to inspect.
Yes3 people think so
No2 people think not
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