Question follow-through · 121676
British Nationals Abroad: Pets
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce temporary or emergency exemptions to existing rules preventing pets from travelling on evacuation flights.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce temporary or emergency exemptions to existing rules preventing pets from travelling on evacuation flights.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2026
Answer published
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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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