questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Plant biosecurity strategy for Great Britain (2023 to 2028), published on 9 January 2023, what progress his Department has made on exploring new biosecurity measures for high-risk tree imports.
answerText: Plant health import controls already include a ban on the highest risk trees (over 30 species are prohibited for import from outside Europe including many native species), and the phytosanitary certification of trees which are permitted for import. In 202...
heading: Plants: Imports