Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 34065
Avian Influenza: Compensation
Tabled: 26 February 2025
Answered: 5 March 2025
Question
Martin Wrigley
Liberal Democrat — Newton Abbot
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to provide compensation to poultry farmers who have had eggs destroyed as a result of Avian flu.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerCompensation paid for birds culled by the 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 avai...
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