Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 110377

Animal Welfare

Tabled: 3 February 2026
Answered: 10 February 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist PartyStrangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the environmental impacts associated with poor animal health.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra has made several assessments of the environmental impacts associated with animal health, including the impacts on greenhouse gas emissions. Improved animal health is recognised as important in reducing agricultural greenhouse gas mitigations in the ...

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