Question follow-through · 8314
Dogs: Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of permitting dogs to travel in the cabins of aircraft arriving in the UK.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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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
9 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of permitting dogs to travel in the cabins of aircraft arriving in the UK.
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
All pets travelling into Great Britain are checked for compliance with the necessary health and documentary requirements prior to entry to safeguard our biosecurity. When travelling to Great Britain by air, pets currently travel as manifest cargo to facil...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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