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Bluetongue Disease

Commons · Question 61014 · Tabled 18 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 24 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help minimise the potential impact of bluetongue regulations on markets trading livestock on the border between England and Wales.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 24 Jun 2025

Disease control is a devolved matter, and it is for the Devolved Governments to assess the disease risks and impacts in relation to their national herds, alongside the impacts of controls, and respond accordingly. However, Defra works closely with the Dev...