Question follow-through · 27519
Veterinary Medicine: Export Health Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Official Veterinarians needed to maintain current export certification volumes through to the point at which dynamic alignment wi
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 7 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Official Veterinarians needed to maintain current export certification volumes through to the point at which dynamic alignment wi
9 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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18 Sept 2026
Answer published
The UK is currently negotiating an SPS Agreement with the EU. These negotiations are at an advanced stage and expected to remove the requirement for Export Health Certificates. The Agreement will have implications for Official Veterinarians undertaking...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Veterinary Medicine: Export Health Certificates
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has in place to prevent delays to animal products leaving the UK should Official Veterinarian capacity decline before certification requirements a
Trade Agreements: Faroe Islands
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Cabinet Colleagues regarding introducing animal welfare conditions within the UK - Faroe Islands Free Trade Agreement.