Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is any ban or restriction in law on the commercial sale of seeds or plants, either online or otherwise, from a business in Great Britain to an individual in Northern Ireland who is not designated as a professional operator.

There is no ban in law specifically concerning the form of commercial sale of plant products from businesses in GB to consumers in NI. Most plants and seeds staying in Northern Ireland will move from Great Britain on a virtually identical basis to those moving elsewhere within the UK. Instead of full EU certification, plants and seeds will move under the framework of the existing UK-wide plant passport scheme, in line with traders throughout the UK, will now move within the same plant passport regime as applies throughout the UK.

As we put these arrangements into practice we will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure gardeners, farmers and growers can access plants and seeds from a wide variety of sources.