Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 113838

Horses: Import Controls

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Stuart Anderson

ConservativeSouth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to reduce barriers to cross-border travel without physical checks for thoroughbred horses.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
As announced at the UK-EU Leaders Summit on May 19 2025, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Zone to reduce delays and paperwork at the border. Negotiations with the EU on the SPS agreement are underway. While tho...

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