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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

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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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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  1. 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

  2. 9 Sept 2026

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  3. 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...

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