Question follow-through · 36241
Zoos: Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with the zoo sector on the potential impact of the UK's decision to leave the European Union on international breeding programmes.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 25 Apr 2025 · 50 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with the zoo sector on the potential impact of the UK's decision to leave the European Union on international breeding programmes.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Apr 2025
Answer published
Defra acknowledges the challenges faced by zoos and aquariums in Great Britain in transferring animals between GB and the European Union (EU) following the UK's exit from the European Union. The Department is in regular dialogue with the British and Irish...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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