Written question asked by Kerry McCarthy (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 May 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 May 2019 (named day). It was answered by David Rutley (Conservative) on Monday, 13 May 2019 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Partridges: Imports

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many partridge (a) eggs for hatching and (b) live birds were imported into England from each (a) EU country and (b) third country in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Answer

The number of pheasant hatching eggs and live birds imported into England from the EU between 1 May 2018 and 30 April 2019 was:

Species	Commodity	Country Of Origin	Total
Partridge	Live Birds	France	1,722,269
		Spain	465,168
Partridge Total			2,187,437
Pheasant	Hatching Eggs	France	17,627,250
		Poland	1,241,460
		Portugal	142,630
		Spain	767,260
	Live Birds	Belgium	12,000
		France	5,382,706
		Ireland	1,000
Pheasant Total			25,174,306

The number of pheasant hatching eggs and live birds imported into the UK from third countries between 1 May 2018 and 30 April 2019 was:

Hatching eggs – 54,600

Live birds – 5,250

All imports were from the USA.

There are no recorded figures for partridge hatching eggs imported from the EU. In addition, there were no imports of partridge live birds or hatching eggs from third countries.

The Animal and Plant Health Agency is not able to determine how many of the above imports from third countries were imported into England.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 251254
Session: 2017-19
Grouped for answer: Yes
Subjects: Eggs Imports Partridges
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Partridges: Imports

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