HC Deb 03 December 2002 vol 395 c658W
Mr. Kaufman

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will reassess the risks of the reintroduction of rabies via the pet passport scheme. [84242]

Mr. Morley

We carried out such an assessment before deciding to extend the pet travel scheme to the USA and Canada. The risk of importing rabies into the UK, from qualifying countries under the pet travel scheme, remains low.