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Movement Assistance Scheme

Commons · Question 75001 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Allister

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that the decision not to extend the Movement Assistance Scheme a third time was compliant with his obligations under Section 46 of the Internal Market

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 15 Sep 2025

The Movement Assistance Scheme (MAS) was always intended to be time limited. It was originally set up for a period of three months, and on review it was renewed for a further three months before being extended until December 2023. The decision to extend M...