Cattle: Exports
(asked on 24th February 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether unweaned calves born in the UK are transported to Ireland to be exported to EU countries.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 5th March 2026
No, there have been no recorded exports of cattle, including unweaned calves, for slaughter or fattening from Great Britain to the EU since 2018. The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024 made it an offence to export livestock and horses for slaughter and fattening from Great Britain.