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Import Controls

Asked by Ben GoldsboroughLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 80339

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment with the Home Secretary of the potential merits of giving port health authorities stop, search and seize powers.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 already give port health authorities in England, search and seize powers in relation to animal products.

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