A question on #BluetongueDisease tabled by Helen Morgan on 18-06-2025 has been answered by Daniel Zeichner.

Heading: Bluetongue Disease
Question ID: 1814136
UIN: 61014
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-18
Asking Member ID: 4934
Asking Member display name: Helen Morgan
Asking Member handle: helenmorganmp
Asking Member Twitter reference: @helenmorganmp
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help minimise the potential impact of bluetongue regulations on markets trading livestock on the border between England and Wales.
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Date answered: 2025-06-24
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4382
Answering Member display name: Daniel Zeichner
Answering Member handle: danielzeichner
Answering Member Twitter reference: @danielzeichner
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Answer text: Disease control is a devolved matter, and it is for the Devolved Governments to assess the disease risks and impacts in relation to their national herds, alongside the impacts of controls, and respond accordingly. However, Defra works closely with the Dev...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true