Question follow-through · 53694
Zoos: Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce (a) delays and (b) administrative burdens on zoos undertaking international animal transfers for conservation purposes.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 3 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce (a) delays and (b) administrative burdens on zoos undertaking international animal transfers for conservation purposes.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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3 Jun 2025
Answer published
Defra continues to work closely with the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) to address immediate challenges to the cross-border movement of endangered species, including the availability of E...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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