Question follow-through · 53331
Pet Travel Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is for the roll-out of the new pet passport scheme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 May 2025
- Answer
- 22 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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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
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is for the roll-out of the new pet passport scheme.
22 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2025
Answer published
We have agreed to establish a UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Zone, which will mean taking pets on holiday into the EU will be easier and cheaper. Instead of getting an animal health certificate each time you travel, you will be able to get a multi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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