Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 56418
Animals: Disease Control
Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025
Question
James Naish
Labour — Rushcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) capacity and (b) capability of the Animal and Plant Health Agency to respond to a major outbreak of exotic animal disease.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) leads Government action on animal disease control and has outbreak response plans in place. These include measures to contract companies to support eradication and cover such matters as the deployment of non-Gover...
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