Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control
Commons · Question 60260 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Ann Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of imposing an all-England restricted zone from 1 July 2025 in response to the bluetongue virus on (a) livestock markets and (b) oth
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 19 Jun 2025
From 1 July 2025 the restricted zone for bluetongue will be extended to cover all of England. This change is being made because the area of England where disease has been found is now too large for movement restrictions to remain an effective and proporti...