Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 76964

Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Gareth Thomas

Labour (Co-op)Harrow West

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on (a) the management of foot and mouth disease and (b) recent restrictions on (i) meat and (ii) dairy imports.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra and the European Commission regularly exchange information in relation to (a) the management of foot and mouth disease outbreaks in the European Union in 2025 and (b) the import restrictions on meat and dairy products that we put in place to protect...

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