The government accepts this recommendation. We are already engaging with both port health authorities and port operators regarding impacts of SPS agreement implementation. Whilst we cannot provide a specific position on compensation at this point, we will use this engagement to inform an approach which will be publicly communicated. As confirmed in response to the Committee’s previous report, we will abide by any obligations arising from the New Burdens doctrine. We have commissioned a proportionate, mixed methods evaluation of the BTOM, including interviews with traders, to examine resilience at the border and understand how implementation worked in practice. This includes exploring what supported or hindered effective delivery, how changes introduced through BTOM have been embedded, how the system has performed in relation to enhanced monitoring and response capabilities and analysing data to look retrospectively at trading behaviour.