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 Eagle
The 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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