Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 89718
Avian Influenza: Fylde
Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risk to the health of birds from avian influenza (H5N1) in Fylde constituency.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe risk of HPAI H5 in wild birds in Great Britain has recently escalated from high to very high (event occurs almost certainly). The risk of poultry exposure to HPAI H5 in Great Britain is assessed as very high (event occurs almost certainly) where there...
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