Written questions

Pet Travel Scheme: UK Relations with EU

Commons · Question 1541 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 28 May 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affair, what steps she has taken to align the United Kingdom as a part 1 listed status with the EU in relation to pet travel into the EU.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 28 May 2026

The previous Government applied to the European Commission in February 2020 for the United Kingdom (UK) and Crown Dependencies to be listed as a ‘Part 1’ third country for the purposes of the EU pet travel scheme. However, the EU formally ‘listed’ the UK ...