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Research: Import Controls

Asked by Jayne KirkhamLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 4 September 2025UIN 73911

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the process for moving geographical samples between Britain and the EU.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

It is not the responsibility of the Home Office to monitor geographical samples such as soil and water.

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