Question follow-through · 29821
African Swine Fever: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a permanent personal imports policy for travellers entering the UK from the EU in the context of African swine fev
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a permanent personal imports policy for travellers entering the UK from the EU in the context of African swine fev
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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13 Feb 2025
Answer published
Preventing an outbreak of African swine fever in the UK is one of Defra’s key biosecurity priorities. The department keeps policy on personal imports under constant review and works closely with the devolved Governments on contingency planning and prevent...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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