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Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Plant and Animal Health (Amendment etc) Regulations

Asked by Jim AllisterTraditional Unionist VoiceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 September 2024UIN 3934

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which business organisations his Department had discussions with in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland on the Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Plant and Animal Health (Amendment etc) Regulations 2024 (i) before the development of those regulations and (ii) before those regulations were laid before Parliament.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Departmental officials engaged with businesses operating in Great Britain and Northern Ireland to ensure that Northern Ireland consumers have access to the same products as consumers in Great Britain whilst formulating this policy. Trade bodies representing retailers in both Great Britain and Northern Ireland were also consulted.

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