Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks were due to start next week but committee raises concerns over delays to plan
MPs have cast doubt over the government’s readiness for post-Brexit border control checks which are due to come in next week, arguing that a scaling back of its plans appeared to represent a sixth delay to their long-awaited introduction.
The environment, food and rural affairs select committee (EFRA) has written to the government demanding clarity over the exact nature of the physical inspections on plant and food products which will come in next week, after it emerged these may be significantly scaled back due to fears of delays at the border.
