| Heading: |
Animals: Imports |
| Question ID: |
1810085 |
| UIN: |
HL8202 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1796 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Taylor of Warwick
|
| Asking Member handle: |
Lord_ofWarwick
|
| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Lord_ofWarwick
|
| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the UK’s food security remains intact, and what estimate they have made of the number animals which are physically checked when imported. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
|
| Date answered: |
2025-06-17 |
| Date answer corrected: |
|
| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
|
| Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
|
| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
|
| Correcting Member ID: |
|
| Correcting Member display name: |
|
| Correcting Member handle: |
|
| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
|
| Answer text: |
The UK has a resilient food supply chain and is equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption. Food security is built on supply from diverse sources, strong domestic production as well as imports through stable trade routes. UK c... |
| Original answer text: |
|
| Comparable answer text: |
|
| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |