Question follow-through · 105828
Horses: Trade Barriers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet with representatives of the horse breeding industry from North Shropshire to discuss the impact of import and export processes on their businesses.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet with representatives of the horse breeding industry from North Shropshire to discuss the impact of import and export processes on their businesses.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Secretary of State’s private office handles all meeting requests. Please contact them directly to request a meeting.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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