Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 113840

Import Controls

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 26 February 2026

Question

Stuart Anderson

ConservativeSouth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will provide an update, following comments made by the Minister for Rural Affairs to the House on 6 February 2025, on plans for the implementation of the Border Target Operating

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Following the UK-EU summit on 19 May 2025, the United Kingdom and Devolved Governments have decided to pause implementation of further controls on imports of EU and EFTA live animals, including equines. Compliance with existing Border Target Operating Mod...

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