Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 50497
Avian Influenza: Northern Ireland
Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 22 May 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland on the recent lifting of quarantine due to avian influenza.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerDisease control is a devolved matter, and it is for the devolved administrations to assess their disease risks and respond accordingly. However, for animal disease threats, each of the four UK administrations are an integral part of the decision-making pr...
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