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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many recorded incidents of disease were connected to imports from the EU of (a) gypsophila, (b) solidago, (c) orchids, (d) dianthus and (e) chrysanthemum between 2010 and 2020.

Between 2010 and 2020 fifty-two (52) consignments from the EU were diagnosed with pests, or disease as part of general quarantine inspections. Findings were as follows:

(a) Gypsophila (1), (b) Solidago (1) (c) Orchids including Phalaenopsis, Cymbidium, Dendrobium & Vanda, (13), (d) Dianthus (5) and (e) Chrysanthemum (32)