Question follow-through · 59689
Horse Passports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to implement a mandatory Digital Equine ID system.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to implement a mandatory Digital Equine ID system.
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 31 March 2025 to the hon. Member for Windsor, UIN 41275.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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