United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 23461
Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control
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13 January 2025
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16 January 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) protect the livestock sector from the confirmed outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Germany and (b) prevent the disease entering the UK.
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13 January 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) protect the livestock sector from the confirmed outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Germany and (b) prevent the disease entering the UK.
Source: Commons
16 January 2025
Answer
The UK is currently free from foot and mouth disease (FMD) and has a robust contingency plan in place to manage risk as set out in the Foot and Mouth Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain. Controls include strict prohibitions on the imports of animal...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-01-13/23461
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1754820
- uk · wq-1754820 · source updated 16 January 2025