Question follow-through · 53269
Animal Breeding: UK Trade with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent engagement he has had with (a) zoos and (b) aquariums on the inclusion of conservation animal transfers in a future UK-EU veterinary agreement.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent engagement he has had with (a) zoos and (b) aquariums on the inclusion of conservation animal transfers in a future UK-EU veterinary agreement.
21 May 2025
Target answer date
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2 Jun 2025
Answer published
We have worked closely with zoos and the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) to address challenges related to the movement of animals between the UK and the EU. This includes the availability of Export Health Certificates and to ex...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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