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Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control

Commons · Question 96616 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 8 Dec 2025

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Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with devolved Administrations on ensuring best coordination to restrict the spread of Bluetongue in cattle and sheep.

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Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 8 Dec 2025

Disease control policy 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. Defra works closely with the Devolv...