Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 98401
Bluetongue Disease: Portaferry
Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with ger counterparts in Northern Ireland in relation to the second outbreak of blue tongue in Portaferry.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleDefra works closely with the Devolved Governments with the aim of providing, where possible, a consistent and coordinated response across the UK. Following the first confirmed bluetongue cases in Northern Ireland, Defra is working with the Department of A...
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