Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 30 March 2020.
Luke Evans
Conservative, Bosworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of relaxing restrictions on the transportation of pets for British nationals repatriating to the UK as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
Victoria Prentis
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Defra is monitoring the situation and at the current time we do not consider there to be a need to relax restrictions on the transportation of pets for British nationals repatriating to the UK as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. We will continue to monitor this closely and will consider specific cases where individuals are not able to fulfil the requirements. Protecting biosecurity and the health of the UK pet population remains a high priority.
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