Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 107782

Birds: Licensing

Tabled: 22 January 2026

Answered: 30 January 2026

Question

Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidential basis is for the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s amendments to licensing conditions for bird gatherings, particularly the prohibition on the sale and exchange of c

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings (such as shows) ...

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