Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 78119

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Stuart Andrew

ConservativeDaventry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of consulting stakeholders on a proportionate approach to managing avian influenza risks in relation to poultry shows.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra officials have engaged with stakeholders to better understand achievable conditions for poultry shows. This process helped to shape a set of template conditions which could mitigate the disease risk associated with some poultry gatherings (for examp...

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