Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 103472
Horses: Import Controls
Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to speed up the processing of (a) equines and (b) equine semen at border control points.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleTo protect GB biosecurity, official import controls are undertaken at Border Control Posts (BCP) on consignments of equine semen from all countries and equines from countries other than EU and EFTA. Import controls on equines from EU and EFTA countries ta...
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