Question follow-through · 59172
Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Welsh Government on limiting the spread of bluetongue virus.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Welsh Government on limiting the spread of bluetongue virus.
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2025
Answer published
I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 4 June 2025 to question UIN 57569.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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