Question follow-through · 49794

Horses: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals he plans bring forward to enforce the ban on live exports to slaughter under the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024 specifically for Equidae.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
1 May 2025
Target answer date
7 May 2025
Answer
8 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 1 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals he plans bring forward to enforce the ban on live exports to slaughter under the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024 specifically for Equidae.

  2. 7 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 May 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 11 April 2025 to PQ 43550 and 43549.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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