Question follow-through · 34180
Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department considers the location of (a) livestock markets and (b) farms when determining exclusion zones for Blue Tongue Virus.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department considers the location of (a) livestock markets and (b) farms when determining exclusion zones for Blue Tongue Virus.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2025
Answer published
Defra’s approach to bluetongue considers the latest scientific evidence and veterinary advice. Decisions regarding the extent of zones take into account the location of premises where bluetongue has been detected in addition to wider considerations regard...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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