Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 95426

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 28 November 2025

Answered: 4 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures has the government taken to help ensure the free flow of livestock between NI and GB.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Defra has maintained longstanding arrangements to safeguard animal health while supporting the movement of livestock between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. These measures recognise the separate epidemiological statuses of GB and NI and the need to pr...

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