Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which competent authority or authorities are responsible for ensuring compliance with the restrictions under Article 7 of EU Regulation No 1143/2014 on invasive alien species.
The enforcement bodies for Article 7 will include UK Border Force, the Police, Natural England and Natural Resources Wales.
The Government has no plans to publish a list of recorded non-compliance prior to Order coming into force. Where breaches of the EU Regulation have been reported, the Government has taken the appropriate action including liaising with online sales platforms to facilitate the removal of online listings that contravened the restrictions laid out in the EU Regulation.