Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 76981

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025

Question

Andrew George

Liberal DemocratSt Ives

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the updated cross-government contingency plan for outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza; and whether that plan includes arrangements for (a) local au

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The UK contingency plan for exotic notifiable diseases of animals explains how UK Governments and departments work together in responding to exotic animal disease outbreaks. It is updated every year, with the next update due later this autumn. The plan al...

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