Livestock: Transport
Commons · Question 70937 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Marsha De Cordova
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
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 15 Sep 2025
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...