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Dogs: Import Controls

Commons · Question 5903 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 11 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of placing restrictions on the movement of dogs from countries that are endemic for diseases that are not considered end

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 11 Oct 2024

The Government takes biosecurity very seriously. Disease risk is monitored carefully and is kept under constant review. Where necessary we have the powers in legislation to introduce preventive health measures to protect animal or public health by control...