Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 43549
Animals: Exports
Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 11 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Dave Doogan
Scottish National Party — Angus and Perthshire Glens
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure enforcement of the ban on live (a) horse and (b) other animal exports for slaughter.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Government recognises the importance of the equine sector to the UK economy and of improving equine identification. We have no current plans to implement mandatory digital identification, but we remain in close touch with the industry. Exporting lives...
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