Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 29821
African Swine Fever: Disease Control
Tabled: 6 February 2025
Answered: 13 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Sarah Bool
Conservative — South Northamptonshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a permanent personal imports policy for travellers entering the UK from the EU in the context of African swine fev
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerPreventing an outbreak of African swine fever in the UK is one of Defra’s key biosecurity priorities. The department keeps policy on personal imports under constant review and works closely with the devolved Governments on contingency planning and prevent...
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