Question follow-through · 37144
Horses: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on reducing barriers to cross-border travel for thoroughbred horses since 6 February 2025.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Horse Passports · 17 Mar 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on reducing barriers to cross-border travel for thoroughbred horses since 6 February 2025.
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Mar 2025
Answer published
There have been no changes to the rules for importing thoroughbred horses into Great Britain since 6 February 2025. Imports of thoroughbred horses from the European Union do not currently need to enter Great Britain via a Border Control Post and are not s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Horse Passports
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Food Supply
8 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 64014 on Food Supply, by what metrics his Department (a) measures and (b) forecasts annual domestic food production.