| Heading: |
Meat: Smuggling |
| Question ID: |
1781906 |
| UIN: |
36145 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-06 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4857 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Carla Lockhart
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| Asking Member handle: |
carlalockhart
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@carlalockhart
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase (a) funding and (b) other resources for enforcement agencies for the (i) detection and (ii) prevention of illegal meat imports at ports. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-25 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
Border Force is responsible for securing our borders and officers have powers to stop and search vehicles and passengers at ports and airports. Border Force may call on Port Health Authorities for assistance in seizing any illegal meat detected. Border Fo... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |