Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that the effective enforcement of controls on the trade in illicit goods is maintained pending the full implementation of safety and security declarations on goods traded between the UK and EU.
The Government has robust anti-smuggling controls and dynamic intelligence capabilities which will continue to prevent, deter, and detect illegal movements of goods enable us to enforce criminal and civil sanctions against those responsible for those movements. When Safety and Security declarations become mandatory for EU imports, they will provide an extra tool in our security processes.