Post-Brexit checks ‘mean only the rich will be able to give flowers’, Lords told
by Abbie Llewelyn
May 02, 2024
3 minutes
The Government has been accused of “withering romance” with their new import controls as “only the rich” will be able to give flowers.
As of April 30, new sanitary and phytosanitary checks have been imposed on food and agricultural products imported from the EU.
Ministers have said this is to better detect pests and disease and, therefore, improve biosecurity on the UK’s trade border.
However, Lord Howarth of Newport argued that this will increase prices for consumers and put small and medium-sized enterprises
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