Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans bring forward legislative proposals on statutory equine identification for a central equine database.

The Central Equine Database (CED) was launched on 8 March 2018. Legislation to implement current EU law on equine identification, including the CED, is being prepared and will be laid before Parliament as soon as practicable.