Moving animals across borders

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Contents

Summary

Background

1 Moving Pets

Changes to pet travel rules

Pet Smuggling

Sentencing and prosecution

Enforcement at the border

Taking pets from Great Britain into Northern Ireland and Europe

Pre-import health checks

2 Moving horses

Replacing the Tripartite Agreement

Horse Smuggling

Equine identification

3 Moving livestock

Border control posts

Livestock movements between Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Ban on export for fattening and slaughter

British abattoirs capacity

Improvements to Animal Welfare in Transport

4 Biosecurity

Monitoring animal disease

Veterinary capacity

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal minutes

Thursday 23 September

Members present

Adjournment

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament