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Bovine Tuberculosis: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the outbreak of TB in Northern Irish farms.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
15 Jan 2025
Answer
21 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the outbreak of TB in Northern Irish farms.

  2. 15 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Policy on bovine tuberculosis (TB) is devolved to Governments in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Administration is able to adopt specific animal health policies in certain cases which are different from the other UK Adm...

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