Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with EU institutions on the ban on the import of mangoes from India.

Lord de Mauley discussed the ban on the import of mangoes from India with Commissioner Borg in the margins of the Environment Council on 22 June. On 24 and 25 June, the Defra Deputy Director for Plant Health and Chief Plant Health Officer discussed the issue with senior Commission officials.