Question follow-through · 115791
Movement Assistance Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with (a) supermarkets and (b) other retailers on the potential impact of the closure of the Movement Assistance Scheme on those businesses.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with (a) supermarkets and (b) other retailers on the potential impact of the closure of the Movement Assistance Scheme on those businesses.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Movement Assistance Scheme (MAS) was always intended to be time limited. It was originally scheduled to close in December 2023. The decision to extend MAS until June 2025 was made public on 10th October 2023 and there was never a suggestion it would e...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Coeliac Disease
27 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of a recent report from COELIAC UK indicating that sufferers spend in excess of a third more on food purchases than the average consumer.
Avian Influenza
11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what has been the change in the number of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza cases between January 2021 and January 2026.
Squirrels: Pest Control
22 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the predominance of the grey squirrel population during this Parliament.
Plants: UK Internal Trade
23 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions in the past six months have discussions taken place with the EU Commission on increasing the number of plant species that can be traded between Northern Ireland a
Plants: UK Internal Trade
18 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timetable is for the remaining high-risk plant species that are not currently supplied to Northern Ireland from Great Britain to be cleared for supplying.
Beef: Imports
1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the National Farmers Union on the continuation of Brazilian beef imports from September 2026.
Pet Travel Scheme: Northern Ireland
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people used the Northern Ireland Pet Travel Scheme in the twelve months between June 2025 and 2026.
Pet Travel Scheme: Northern Ireland
11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026 to WPQ 27407, how many individual applications were (a) made and (b) successful under the Northern Ireland Pet Travel Scheme in the twelve m
Written question 29895
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in ensuring the smooth flow of trade within the UK internal market since the ending of the Movement Assistance Scheme in June 2025.