Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 70937

Livestock: Transport

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Marsha De Cordova

LabourBattersea

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of processes for transferring animals between the EU and UK for breeding conservation programmes.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra continues to work closely with the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) to address immediate challenges to the cross-border movement of animals between the UK and EU. This includes the av...

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