Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 25370

Avian Influenza: Compensation

Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 28 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of compensation protocols for birds culled to control avian influenza.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Compensation paid for birds culled by HM Government for disease control purposes is designed to promote prompt reporting of suspicion of disease and is only payable for healthy birds as set out in the Animal Health Act 1981. There is no compensation avail...
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