Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Tonia Antoniazzi Excerpts
Wednesday 26th February 2025

(1 day, 16 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I call the Chair of the Select Committee.

Tonia Antoniazzi Portrait Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower) (Lab)
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I thank the Minister for her answer, but we want to know more detail of the progress that the horticultural working group is making on resolving the issues to do with the movements of plants and cut flowers from GB to NI under the Windsor framework. Can she please update us on that as a matter of urgency?

Fleur Anderson Portrait Fleur Anderson
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I can provide more updates. The banned plants are being worked through species-by-species. There were 11 in 2023 and 10 in 2024, and we are working through each one of those. The working group is taking each of those on a case-by-case basis and working through each issue as it arises.