Ruth Jones MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Trade Agreements: Faroe IslandsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Cabinet Colleagues regarding introducing animal welfare conditions within the UK - Faroe Islands Free Trade Agreement.
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with cabinet colleagues on a range of issues. There are currently no plans to formally review the terms of the UK-Faroe Islands Free Trade Agreement (FTA). However, this Government advocates for the end of ce...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicine: Export Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has in place to prevent delays to animal products leaving the UK should Official Veterinarian capacity decline before certification requirements a
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicine: Export Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a decline in veterinary certification capacity on the UK's ability to rebuild veterinary public health capacity quick
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicine: Export Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to retain and redeploy veterinary public health expertise currently engaged in export certification once SPS certification requirements are reduced or rem
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Services: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the implementation timeframe for dynamic alignment within the EU-UK SPS agreement on investment and retention decisions within
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordExport Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for implementing dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement; and what assessment has been made of whether current certification capacity can be sustained thro
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicine: Export Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to UK exporters of any disruption to certification capacity during the period before dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement tak
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordExport Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risks to exporters of food and animal products of any delays to export health certification ahead of removal of SPS checks.
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicine: Export Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and (b) veterinary sector representatives on workforce planning for the transition period to d
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicine: Export Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has in place to ensure necessary capacity should Official Veterinarian capacity fall below the level needed to meet current export certification d
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicine: Export Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the risk of experienced Official Veterinarians leaving export certification roles before any reduction in certification requirements takes ef
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicine: Export Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Official Veterinarians currently undertaking export certification on a full-time basis.
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicine: Export Health CertificatesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Official Veterinarians needed to maintain current export certification volumes through to the point at which dynamic alignment wi
Answer: The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAir Pollution: MonitoringDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to real-time local air quality monitoring and forecasts for (a) people with cystic fibrosis and (b) other vulnerable groups.
Answer: Defra provides the public with access to real-time local air quality monitoring and forecasts, as well as associated health advice, through the Check Air Quality webservice. This information is available to everyone, and specific advice is provided for pe...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the policy paper entitled Bovine tuberculosis Godfray evidence review update 2025, updated o
Answer: This Government is currently considering the proposals set out in the recommended Bovine TB Control Strategy for England, which drew on the findings of the Godfray evidence review, commissioned by this Government in December 2024. Decisions on bovine TB p...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Bovine TB Control Strategy for England, published in June 2026, what specific criteria her Department intends the proposed framework for determini
Answer: This Government is currently considering the proposals set out in the recommended bovine TB control strategy for England. As a result, no decisions have yet been taken on the evidence threshold for permitting lethal badger control, including the criteria ...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a presumption of transparency in favour of routinely publishing farmed animal welfare inspection reports across all
Answer: The Government understands the importance of transparency in relation to the welfare of farmed animals. Multi Annual National Control Plan (MANCP) reports include national data on the number of farm inspections completed by APHA, the welfare scores from t...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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