Animals: Bluetongue Disease

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered am ar 27 Chwefror 2024.

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Photo of Baroness Hoey Baroness Hoey Non-affiliated

To ask His Majesty's Government why ruminant animals can move within Great Britain despite Bluetongue virus in Kent, but cannot be moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

Photo of Lord Douglas-Miller Lord Douglas-Miller The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The findings of Bluetongue in England means that Great Britain is no longer recognised as free of Bluetongue disease and is therefore unable to export live susceptible animals.

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