Question follow-through · 36112
Livestock: Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of Scottish Government research on Ultra High Frequency electronic identification technology in l
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of Scottish Government research on Ultra High Frequency electronic identification technology in l
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government has yet to make a decision on which technology to adopt for electronic identification (EID) in cattle in England. To inform decision making, Defra is reviewing, testing and seeking feedback on the different EID technologies, including throu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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